Special Education Associate – Woodland Hills

Waukee Community School District is an equal opportunity employer. Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of our students and community. We are committed to building teams that represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more diverse we are, the better positioned we are to build genuine relationships based on individual perspectives and positively contribute to a diverse global community.

Hours:7 hours, 10 minutes per day (including 30 minute unpaidlunch)

Position Criteria:

– High School diploma, preferred
– Experience as an associate, preferred

Performance Criteria:

– Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
– Assist the teacher in devising strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.
– Support generalization of skills in an integrated setting.
– Demonstrate effective communication skills.
– Demonstrate collaborative skills in a team environment.
– Support PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Support) for all students in all settings.
– Operate and care for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
– Distribute and collect workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction.
– Implement a behavior support plan.
– Maximize use of time throughout the day.
– Guide independent work, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
– Assist with the supervision of the students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
– Assist with such large group and small group activities.
– Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in such other forms of oral communication with students.
– Assist with lunch, snack, and cleanup routines.
– Assist with wash-up and toilet routines if needed.
– Serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
– Maintain the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
– Assist with accurate data collection.
– Commit to ongoing professional growth to support the unique needs of individual students.
– Other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands:The Special Education Associate job demands require: occasional maximum lift of 25 lbs from floor to waist; occasional maximum carry of 25 lbs for 30 ft; occasional maximum horizontal push/pull force of 40 lbs; occasional grip force of 30 lbs; frequent bend; frequent crouch; frequent neck rotation; frequent trunk rotation; frequent standing; frequent walking; occasional forward reach; occasional overhead reach; occasional lateral/sideways reach; occasional hand coordination; occasional fine motor coordination; occasional sitting; occasional crouch/kneel.

Benefits included:

– IPERS retirement account
– Health and Dental Insurance paid for the employee (spouse/family coverage available at an additional cost)
– Generous leave package including personal leave, sick leave, family sick leave, and bereavement leave