Individual Care Aide (Immediately Available)

Position Title: Individual Care Aide

Job ID 1128– Apply through applitrack link found on MCUSD 19 Vacancies Page

POSITIONS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE

Department: Educational Support Personnel
Reports to: Principal/Special Education Department
FLSA Class: Non-Exempt
Days: 177 during the 2024-2025 school year
Rate of Pay: $17.15-21.15 (Based on experience) and board paid IMRF

The work hours for this position are approximately 7.25 hours daily

SUMMARY
This position is responsible for assisting the teacher in achieving objectives by working with the class, small groups, or individual students to help them
achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Discusses assigned duties with classroom teachers in order to coordinate instructional efforts.
• Prepares lesson materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations as needed.
• Presents subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, or supervised role-playing methods.
• Tutors and assists children individually or in small groups in order to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.
• Supervises students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.
• Serves as a resource person, if and when requested, to the student personnel evaluation team conferring about one of the students to whom assigned.
• Distributes teaching materials such as textbooks, workbooks, papers, and pencils to students.
• Distributes tests and homework assignments, and collects them when they are completed.
• Enforces administration policies and rules governing students.
• Grades homework and tests, and computes and records results, using answer sheets or electronic marking devices.
• Completes required reports in a timely manner.
• Teaches socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
• Works with students with multiple physical, mental, and developmental disabilities.
• Is familiar with and uses adaptive equipment including, communication equipment, wheel chairs, adaptive feeding tools, etc.
• Assists students with self-care, hygiene, and feeding as necessary.
• May be required to perform tasks that students are not able to do, i.e. taking notes, handling materials, holding books, etc.
• May work with/handle resistive students.
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Maintains a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Assists the classroom teacher in other tasks necessary in maintaining a professional and positive classroom environment, and performs other teacher aide duties as may be assigned by the classroom teacher, administration, or Board of Education.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Hold a valid IL paraprofessional license.Hold a valid IL paraprofessional license is preferred.
• Associate’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited institution of higher education; completed 60 hours of college credit at 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.
• Must be at least 19 years of age.
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills to work with teachers, education support personnel, building administrators, and the general public.
• Enforce school regulations and policies in a professional manner.
• Ability to maintain good working relationships with fellow employees and pupils.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Requires employee to have the ability to push/pull up to 10 lbs.
• Must be detailed oriented.

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 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.