CLASSROOM ASSISTANT, K-12/ EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION (ESE)
HOLLYWOOD, FL, US, 33024
Qualifications:
EDUCATION: An earned associates degree from an accredited institution, OR at least 60 semester hours of earned college credit from an accredited institution.
OR
EDUCATION: Standard high school diploma or satisfactory completion of an approved General Educational Development (GED) Testing Program.
REQUIRED: The ability to interact and communicate effectively with children. Computer skills required as needed for the position.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS: If additional hours of continuing education are mandated by program funding source they must be obtained within the required timeframe for continuing active employment in the position.
PREFERENCES:
EXPERIENCE: Prior experience working with children.
Bilingual skills.
ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. If assigned to a Pre-K/Pre-School Exceptional Student Education (ESE) classroom with (ESE) students, may provide assistance, as required, with activities of daily living which may include any or all of the following by:
a. assisting with personal hygiene and restroom functions, which may include
diapering or catheterization.
b. providing mobility assistance including lifting, positioning or transferring
student.
c. assisting with activities related to seizure control.
d. assisting with feeding needs, which may include suctioning.
e. assisting with adaptive equipment needs.
f. providing behavioral assistance, which may include utilizing positive crisis
management (PCM) skills.
Hourly Rate: $15.00 – $18.82 per hour
Calendar: 188B
Pay Grade: 11
New Hires will be hired at the minimum of the assigned hourly range.
Nearest Major Market: Fort Lauderdale
Nearest Secondary Market: Miami