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Job Title: Individual Care Aide

Reports To: Special Education Administrators and Building Principal
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Work Days: 177 days. Anticipated work schedule 7:25am-3:10pm (7.25 hours per day)
Rate of Pay: Pay Range is $18.04-24.04 per hour (based on experience). Benefits and board paid IMRF available.

JOB SUMMARY
Are you passionate about empowering students and helping them reach their full potential? Mascoutah Middle School is looking for dedicated, compassionate, and energetic Individual Care Aide to join our educational family. In this role, you aren’t just an assistant—you are a student advocate, a mentor, and a vital part of a team dedicated to fostering a safe, supportive, and successful learning environment.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Valid IL paraprofessional license is preferred.
• Associate's degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education; completed 60 semester hours of college credit at a regionally accredited institution of higher education; HS Diploma or GED and a score of 460 or higher on the ETS Parapro; or HS Diploma or GED and passing scores on the ACT Workkeys is preferred.
• Must be at least 19 years of age.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Requires employee to have the ability to push/pull up to 10 lbs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Individual care aides assist teachers in presenting lessons that demonstrate an understanding and use of a variety of instructional strategies, questioning techniques, and resources that promote student learning and encourage students' development of basic skills, critical thinking, and problem solving. Discussions engage students and relate background. By
• • Assisting students with academic tasks
  • Assisting students in completion of classroom assignments
  • Assisting the teacher in assuring that individual student goals are met
• Individual care aides use an understanding of individuals and group motivation and behavior to create an environment that encourages social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation. The aide fosters a positive, supportive classroom atmosphere and assists students in using time productively.
• • Establish rapport with students and teachers in the classroom to promote a positive learning environment
  • Assist students with organizational tasks
  • Assists in creating a safe classroom environment focused on learning
  • Help to maintain discipline and assist with individual student behavior management under the direction of the certified staff
  • Effectively assist students with transitions
  • Assist classroom teacher in maintaining classroom materials
• Individual care aides understand the role of communication in education and develop and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues. The aide is expected to maintain standards of professional conduct, grow professionally, and meet policy requirements.
• • Respect student and staff confidentiality
  • Work collaboratively with the team to assure student success
  • Adhere to directives of certified staff and/or administration
  • Adhere to appropriate communication channels with pupils, parents, and community
  • Participate in professional development activities
  • Abide by all applicable laws and comply with all policies and procedures of Mascoutah CUSD #19
• The Individual care aides understand their role goes beyond instruction in the classroom setting.
• • Individual care aide is expected to assist with clerical duties and supervisory duties as needed.
  • Track and record student data
  • Assist teacher in completion of progress monitoring and data input
  • Prepare teaching materials
  • Grading as requested in collaboration with the certified teacher
  • Fulfill other duties as assigned

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with others contacted in the course of work.
• Successful experience working with children at risk.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply a variety of instructional techniques.
• Demonstrate the ability to adjust or accommodate lessons for students with varying need.
• Demonstrate the ability to complete assigned tasks/duties with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrate the ability to respond to feedback in a professional manner.
• Demonstrate appropriate interaction with students treating them with dignity and respect.
• Demonstrate knowledge of school policies and provide supervision of students as assigned by building administration.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described below 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.

The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands: some lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and significant fine finger dexterity. Generally the job requires a reasonable duration of sitting, walking, and standing. The job is performed under a generally hazard free environment. The employee would be expected to maintain emotional control under stress.

OTHER
The building administrator in cooperation with special education administrators are directly responsible for the administration of the evaluation system and will incorporate input from the assigned teacher(s). An evaluation report will be completed at least two times during the first year of employment and annually thereafter. The evaluation will include an observation and a conference with the employee to discuss the written evaluation.

Note: This is not necessarily an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, functions or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not a contract of employment or a promise or guarantee of any specific terms or conditions of employment. The school district may add to, modify or delete any aspect of this job (or the position itself) at any time as it deems advisable.