Instructional Assistant

Elementary Level

(Nether Providence Elementary, Swarthmore-Rutledge School, and Wallingford Elementary)

2024-2054 School Year 

Wallingford-Swarthmore School District believes in all students.  We understand that all students can succeed and that it is our responsibility to provide appropriate supports to all students to be their best selves.  In this role, we are seeking individuals who share the belief that all students can succeed and that all students deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. 

Under the supervision of the Principal, the successful candidate assists instructional personnel in reinforcing instruction to individual or small groups of students in an assigned classroom or other learning environment; may provide a variety of instructional and behavioral supports to individual students one-on-one; assists in the preparation of instructional materials and implementation of lesson plans. 

Responsibilities:

• Provides a variety of instructional and behavior support to individual or groups of students.
• Assists in the implementation of Individual Education Plans (IEP).
• Tutors individual or small groups of students.
• Assists students in completing assignments.
• Assists in the implementation of Positive Behavior Support Plans.
• Assists students with performing and developing proper social behavior, personal hygiene and self-help skills including toileting students, changing diapers and soiled clothing as assigned by the position.
• Escorts students to and from designated locations and in various settings. 
• may need to assist students in wheelchairs by pushing wheelchairs.
• Communicates with teachers and certificated personnel to support students’ needs and progress.

Qualifications:

High School Diploma required

Associates or Bachelor's degree preferred

 The District retains the right to screen, interview, and hire prior to the end date of the posting.

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Employment in the Wallingford-Swarthmore School District is non-discriminatory.  That is, there is no discrimination in recruitment, employment, or promotion on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, physical handicap, creed, ancestry, sexual orientation, genetic information, or age.