Position Description
POSITION TITLE: Shadow Assistant
Department: School
Reports
To: Principal
Prepared
by: Date:
Approved
by: Date:
SUMMARY: Assists an individual student in
general daily school activities.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Other duties may be
assigned.
·
Works with an
individual student to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced
by the teacher.
·
Assists the teacher in
devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a
sympathetic understanding of the individual student, his/her needs, interests,
and abilities.
·
Helps the student
master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.
·
Guides independent
study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
·
Assists with the
supervision of the student during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods
and field trips.
·
Reads to the student
as needed, listens to the student read, and participates in other forms of oral
communication with the assigned student.
·
Assists the student in
the library or media center.
·
Checks notebooks and
supervises testing and make up work as assigned by the teacher.
·
Helps the student with
his/her clothing as needed.
·
Assists with lunch,
snack and cleanup routines.
·
Assists with wash-up
and toilet routines.
·
Alerts the regular teacher
to any problem or special information about the individual student.
·
Supervises, observes
and assists the assigned student at all times, including escorting the student
during all transitions and lunch or as prescribed in the student’s IEP.
·
Maintains the same
high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about the
student as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
·
Participates in
inservice training programs as assigned.
SUPERVISORY
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supervises students.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: 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
and/or EXPERIENCE:
Sixty semester hours of postsecondary
work or; an associate’s degree; or successful completion of ParaProfessional
Test.
LANGUAGE
SKILLS:
Ability to read, educational procedures,
or governmental regulations. Ability to write routine reports and simple
correspondence. Ability to effectively
present information in one-on-one and small group situations to students or
other employees of the organization.
MATHEMATICAL
SKILLS:
Ability to add, subtract,
multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common
fractions, and decimals. Ability to
apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
REASONING
ABILITY:
Ability to apply common sense
understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral
instructions. Ability to deal with
problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
OTHER
SKILLS and ABILITIES:
Ability to develop effective working relationships with students, staff
and the school community. Ability to
communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. Ability to perform duties with awareness of
all district requirements and the Board of Education policies.
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 regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to
stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or
move up to 50 pounds. The employee must
be able to push items of 50 lbs. Such as pushing children on a bike or
moving/rearranging furniture. Specific
vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and
peripheral vision.
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 noise level in the work environment
is usually quiet and at a standard acceptable level for this environment. The employee is continuously responsible for
the safety, well-being and work output of students.
The information contained in this job
description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.)
and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the
individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be
assigned.