Dallas ISD

SPED Intensive Support Teacher Assistant (Grades: 7-8)


PayCompetitive
LocationDallas/Texas
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: RTP20250328-127

      • Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays
      • Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom and prepare classroom according to student needs
      • Help with inventory, care and maintenance of equipment
      • Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports
      • Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers
      • Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting or positioning
      • Assist students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs and personal hygiene
      • Assist with classroom curriculum
      • Help manage behavior of students which includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed
      • Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative and emotional needs
      • Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher
      • Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom which includes lunchroom, bus and playground
      • Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students
      • Maintain confidentiality
      • Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings and special events as assigned
      • Perform all other tasks and duties as assigned
      • Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position

      WORK ENVIRONMENT:

      The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Travel throughout the district is integral to this job. A remote working environment /alternate work arrangement is not an option for campus-based employees/campus-based positions because regular and punctual attendance at the worksite and performing all duties at the worksite are essential job duties for all campus-based personnel.

      • Accredited Senior High School Diploma or equivalent (U.S.A. equivalency), plus one of the following: Associate degree, 48 college credit hours, pass an academic assessment
      • Paraprofessional certificate required from State Board of Certification
      • Successful completion of a specific training program for teacher assistants or six months of knowledge and skills acquired through work experience preferred
      • Demonstrated general knowledge of child growth/development and behavior characteristics
      • Demonstrated ability to work with people from diverse ethnic groups
      • Demonstrated organizational and interpersonal skills required to meet the goals of the position
      • Demonstrated initiative and a willingness to follow verbal and written instructions
      • Demonstrated effective communication skills both in oral and written form
      • Demonstrated ability to work with children with disabilities
      • Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred
      • Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world
      • Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession

  • About the company

      The Dallas Independent School District is a school district based in Dallas, Texas.
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