SUMMARY:
Supervise students and attend to their educational needs, physical, emotional health and safety
while recognizing their worth, affirming their abilities, and striving to promote dignity in all
relationships.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Collaborate with classroom staff, Lead Teacher, Directors, Specialists and Instructional Assistants (IAs) to
implement student programming in independent living, community, social, academic, vocational,
hygiene and life skills while modeling the core philosophies of TJS.
● Implement all treatment programs created by Lead Teachers, Specialists, and Directors, and collect data
for each goal with fidelity.
● Accompany students in the community and implement community-based instruction.
● Be a role model for students and create a positive culture with co-workers by emulating professional
attitude, language, and communication.
● Attend 1:1 meetings with Lead Teachers, Specialists, and Program Director in order to obtain direct
positive and constructive feedback, and improve performance as requested.
● Follow communication guidelines when interacting with co-workers, parents, district representatives,
and community members.
● Monitor progress on goals for assigned student(s)/subject matter and bring questions/ideas to Lead
Teacher and Specialists so that programming can be revised as necessary.
● Perform housekeeping duties to keep the school clean and safe, including upkeep and maintenance of
the classroom.
● Participate in compliance with DHS, CDE, Health and school-wide policies.
● Ensure accurate and timely submission of incident reports to the Program Director.
● Perform other duties assigned by Lead Teacher and Program Director.
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The
requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education/Experience:
● A commitment to working with young people with developmental disabilities.
● High school diploma or equivalency.
● One year experience working with individuals with developmental disabilities preferred.
● Basic knowledge of Applied Behavior Analysis preferred.
● Minimum age of 21.
● Maturity and reliability.
Language Ability:
Ability to read, analyze and interpret professional communications, tables, and graphs. The Instructional
Assistant will effectively present information and respond to questions from students, staff, districts, families,
and vocational and community partners.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; Ability to interpret an
extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and
concrete variables.
Certificates and Licenses:
High School Diploma
Supervisory Responsibilities:
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Computer/Technical Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft
Office Suite software, Google Suite software and Excel.
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.
This role operates in a classroom environment. This role routinely uses iPads, laptops, copy machines, walkie
talkies. This job also requires driving staff and students into the community, interacting with community and
vocational partners. This job involves activities with students and staff, including skiing, swimming, exercise
routines, attending camp, and other active community outings. Noise level is low to loud. Staff should anticipate
an environment that includes students in crisis (aggression, contact with bodily fluids, property destruction,
screaming, self-injurious behavior).
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential
functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to lift or carry up to 150 pounds
with help from another employee, stand, run, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and sit in small chairs or on the
floor. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and use hands to manipulate large and
small objects. The employee must be able to speak and hear (including whispers in loud environments). Specific
vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust
focus.
Pay: $20/hr