Instructional AideAt — ChanceLight

As a Teaching Assistant, you will provide individualized supervision and instruction to assigned students and additional support to the core classroom staff. Working with student(s) to implement their individualized education programs (IEP), you will utilize group and individual instruction in the classroom and community.

\u2016 Responsibilities Include:

• Assisting classroom teachers to create an atmosphere in which students feel safe, welcomed and exhibit high expectations of student learning.
• Implementing on-site and community-based curriculum instruction and behavioral intervention strategies consistent with the goals and objectives of each student.
• Instructing and monitoring students during lessons in the classroom to ensure fidelity of instruction and utilizing instructional strategies to assist with student learning and help students meet requirements for student course completion.
• Encouraging and monitoring the progress of individual students in accordance with specific timelines and communicating with the classroom teacher overall progress or interventions needed.
• Managing student behavior by upholding the Ombudsman philosophy and policies and applying appropriate disciplinary measures when necessary; working collaboratively with classroom teachers to ensure consistency.
• Supporting and counseling students with academic issues, providing encouragement and working with students to improve their community, vocational, leisure, domestic, academic, and social skills.
• Completing accurate and timely documentation on student’s behavior as outlined by school procedures, reporting observations to relevant staff and/or making recommendations based on observations.
• Assisting in the preparation of other behavioral reports and daily activities logs as required.
• Communicating necessary information to students, team members, supervisors, and parents regarding students’ needs and academic progress in collaboration with classroom teacher and principal.
• Consistently maintaining the confidentiality of student information and records.
• Participating in the assurance and accreditation process to ensure that the site passes or meets performance plans.
• Participating in school, student/parent, and student advisory meetings as requested.
• Responding constructively to formal and informal feedback.
• Performing other duties as assigned.
• Shadowing, observations, reflecting on provided feedback, implementing instruction in small groups with teacher supervision, supervising students, supporting students' with IEP goals, tracking behavior data.

Training:

In-service induction training, training on social/emotional curriculum and implementation of instruction in small groups, weekly mentor meetings, access to online professional development learning modules.

Learning Outcome:

Maria will be able to;
1. Understand how diverse social and cultural backgrounds impact students' behavior.
2. Apply ethical principles to best support a diverse student population with behavioral challenges and needs.
3. Understand how key concepts and theories of social psychology apply to a non-public school setting.