Exceptional Children PNA -Teacher Assistant
On-siteCharlotte, North Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Support exceptional children students by assisting teachers in achieving Individual Education Program goals and reinforcing learning concepts across classrooms, halls, cafeterias, and school yards. Supervise students during daily activities, enforce administration policies, and collect data to document individual progress. Provide physical assistance with self-help, toileting, feeding, and mobility tasks as directed, while preparing lesson materials and correcting papers. Participate in transportation duties, emergency drills, assemblies, field trips, and mainstreaming classes. Coordinate instructional efforts with the assigned teacher and present subject matter using agreed-upon delivery methods.
Required Qualifications
- Knowledge of local, state, and federal regulations and laws pertaining to exceptional children
- Knowledge and ability to use current technology and alternate forms of communication relevant to specific disabilities
- Knowledge of classroom management and differentiation techniques
- Knowledge of the Individual Education Program (process, strategies, classroom management, learning assessment and diagnosis, and research related to learning)
- Ability to use research-based techniques in instruction and behavior management
- Ability to learn and use specialized tools, equipment or software related to business needs
- Ability to implement local, state, and federal rules, guidelines, and procedures into daily business operations
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to reason, make judgments, and maintain effective working relationships
- Ability to employ positive communication skills in all settings/mediums
- Ability to problem-solve utilizing sound judgment
- Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding school system business
- Ability to take initiative, work independently, and exercise sound judgement
- Associate's degree
- Two years of higher education equivalent to 48 credit hours
- Ability to pass a formal assessment (WorkKeys and 96 hours of in-service training)
- Completion of the NC Department of Labor (DOL) Teacher Assistant Apprenticeship Program
- One year working with EC children preferred
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