Looking for Alternative Education Teaching Assistant - 5th and 6th Grade in Garfield, AR

Job title: Alternative Education Teaching Assistant - 5th and 6th Grade Company: Decatur Public Schools Job description:

• Positive interpersonal skills and the ability to relate well with teachers, parents and students

REPORTS TO: Building Principal JOB GOAL: To provide support that will address student behavioral difficulties by modeling strategies for effective behavioral interventions and assisting in the design and implementation of behavior plans. To help promote a safe and welcoming school environment PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: * Provide escorts and assistance to students as necessary.

• Helps maintain individual records for each student.
• Implement changes as needed to meet the individual needs of students.
• Coordinate student lunch procedures and practices.
• Assist with social emotional learning that promotes students to be self-disciplined.
• Assist in coordinating school wide incentives and community events for students
• Provide oral or written reports of observations and/or data collection to assist behavioral intervention of the causes of behavioral difficulties.
• Train students to develop appropriate and useful skills to eliminate problem behaviors.
• Observe persons implementing the intervention plan and provide input in regard to plan design and implementation.
• Collect and share multiple sources of data with other staff involved with the student experiencing behavioral difficulties as part of record keeping for individual students.
• Participate in student intervention meetings for students as requested by administration.
• Assist behavioral consultants with staff development training in the area of behavior management. Alerts the teacher to special needs of individual students.
• Interact with the students and faculty to promote an atmosphere of safety within the school and ensure smooth traffic flow of students through the hallways
• Assist removing disruptive students from classes when needed.
• Intervenes in disturbances with patience and emotional detachment while utilizing verbal and physical skills to obtain and maintain control of situations, as appropriate, and evaluate the situation to determine proper disposition of the situation.
• Other job related duties assigned by administration

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Wages, hours, terms, and conditions of employment pursuant to negotiated agreement EVALUATION: Performance in the position will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board?s policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel and provisions set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Handle work which deals mostly with people, objects, equipment in a general setting; depth perception and field of vision are important. Employee regularly is required to bend, stoop, twist, turn, reach, lift (up to 50 pounds), carry, pull, push, climb, and kneel; walking and standing approximately 50-75% of each shift. Employee must recognize differences in sound, such as voices/noises that are loud and playful instead of angry and combative; ability to differentiate tones and volumes in conversation. MENTAL DEMANDS: The Teaching Assistant must ensure that children are supervised at all times, and that children are involved in safe and appropriate activities. There may be a number of situations happening at once, and the Teaching Assistant must be prepared to handle accidents and emergencies at any time. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills that may be required. Decatur Public Schools is an equal employment opportunity employer with an affirmative action plan. Attachment(s): Powered by Aspex Solutions - AppliTrack, Applicant Tracking for Educators. Online Job Employment Applications, Web Based Employment Applications for School Districts and Educational Institutions - You can also view at www.k12jobspot.com. K12JobSpot is a site that has thousands of teaching jobs - all from AppliTrack school districts. Expected salary: Location: Garfield, AR Apply Job!