Instructional Assistant - Part Time

LEHIGH CAREER & TECHNICAL INSTITUTE

Position Description

Position Title: Instructional Assistant – PT (less than 30 hours per week)

Qualifications/Certification:

1. Associates Degree or two years of college work or paraprofessional certification preferred.

2. Experience working in an educational setting preferred.

3. Able to understand and work with special needs students.

4. Excellent communication and organizational skills.

5. Be physically able to accommodate all facets of the job on a daily basis.

Reports To/Supervised By:

1. Director of Student Services

Responsibilities:

1. With direct supervision from a teacher, provides assistance in implementing plans and programs related to the academic or functional skill attainment for students with mental, physical, and/or emotional learning challenges.

2. Provides academic and physical assistance to students with disabilities as directed in one- to-one or in small group settings.

3. Assists teachers with academic instruction and implementing students’ Individual Education Program (IEP).

4. Assist in providing research-based behavioral interventions and supervision as directed by administration and teaching staff.

5. Assist in implementing the lesson plan.

6. Assists the teacher in rewriting the materials to meet academic levels of a student or group of students.

7. Makes student observations, collects data, and gives input to teachers as requested, related to student progress.

8. Attend pertinent conferences, workshops and in-service programs to meet and/or maintain professional development requirements.

9. Complete daily documentation and send weekly updates to the special education facilitators including, but not limited to, support needs, chronic absenteeism, behavioral concerns, etc.

10. Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the Supervisor of Special Education or his/her designee may assign.

Physical Requirements of Job:

MEASURED IN TERMS OF FREQUENCY

Not At All

Occasionally

Frequently

Constantly

0

1 - 33%

34 - 66%

67 - 100%

LIFTING:

Up to 10 lbs: Frequently

11 to 20 lbs: Occasionally

Beyond 20 lbs: Not At All

BODY MOVEMENTS:

Bend/Stoop: Frequently

Climb: Occasionally

Kneel: Occasionally

Push: Occasionally

Pull: Occasionally

Twisting: Occasionally

Standing: Frequently

Sitting: Frequently

Walking: Frequently

Terms of Employment:

Length of Work Year: 189 school and in-service days.

Lehigh Career & Technical Institute

Pennsylvania’s largest career and technical school. Founded in 1971, LCTI each year provides more than 45 skills-based programs of study, as well as academic instruction for about 2,700 students from 10 of Lehigh County’s public high schools. LCTI also offers industry-relevant training and credentials for adults working in the Lehigh Valley and beyond. The school’s state-of-the-art facilities encompass 450,000 square feet on a 47-acre campus in the Schnecksville section of North Whitehall Township. Visit lcti.org for more information about LCTI.