Teaching Assistant

at  Easterseals Arkansas

Summary: Performs any combination of the following instructional tasks in classroom to assist teaching staff of preschool by performing the following duties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Demonstrate flexibility in assisting in classrooms as needed.
Have a working knowledge of each child in the classroom with respect to their name, age, disability (if applicable), program plan (educational, therapeutic), goals, medication, feeding, risks and other special needs.
Reviews and follows lesson plans and daily schedules.
Prepares materials and instructional aids.
Presents instructional objectives to child or group of children using task analysis and interacts with children to encourage progress toward objectives.
Observe and records data to measure and record progress toward objectives.
Assists students with self-help skills to include grooming, feeding, etc.
Assist students at lunch time as needed.
Assists with children on field trips.
Uses appropriate behavior modification techniques to manage inappropriate behavior.
Attend training and participate in professional growth.
Discusses training concerns (re: students) with supervisor.
Models appropriate language and behavior.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and one to three months related experience and/or training preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers,
common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

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