Teacher Assistant, Special Education (1:1)
$46,738–$52,582 year
On-site · Aldie, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Provide instructional and personal assistance as a 1:1 paraprofessional for a student with disabilities. Responsibilities include assisting the teacher with instructional duties, preparing classroom materials, supervising student behavior, implementing behavior modification plans, collecting and recording student data (skill practice, seizures, toileting), supporting language development (speech sounds, vocabulary, syntax) and daily living skills, and aiding with personal hygiene and physical care as required. Also duties include facilitating centers, using audiovisual equipment, reading aloud, and supporting development across cognitive, speech and language, fine and gross motor, social/emotional, and daily living domains under teacher guidance.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED
- Experience as a teacher aide or working with children
- Ability to work under the supervision of the teacher, including following lesson plans prepared by teachers
- Ability to work effectively with individual children and small groups, meeting the instructional objectives as established by the teacher
- Physical ability to lift, position, and assist students as required
- Ability to accept and adapt to the wide differences in student characteristics and abilities
- Ability to operate standard office equipment, learn to operate video equipment, and learn to perform individual medical procedures when necessary
- Good human relations and communications skills; patience and flexibility
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