DUTIES:
• Performs general health procedures (eg. daily hygiene, toileting, feeding, positioning,
transferring).
• May perform communication procedures and performance skill activities under the
direction of specialized staff (eg. remedial articulation, language stimulation, motor
training, adaptive technology practice).
• Assists students in gaining independence in specific life skills.
• Accompanies students to community access activities.
• Assists with specific drill and practice activities and note-taking activities such as
scribing.
• Assists in preparing instructional materials.
• Participates in conferences with parents and others as directed.
• Observes students and records these observations.
• Scores objective tests and assignments and keeps appropriate records.
• Administers medication to students as assigned by an administrator.
• Monitors student behaviour (academic/social) inside the school and on the grounds.
• Promotes and fosters co-operative relationships.
• Reports safety, unusual behavior, and discipline concerns to the principal or designate,
but resolves any minor disagreements where possible.
• Ensures students enter the school at the end of breaks, as required.
• Attends to minor cuts or bruises as required.
• May be assigned supervision duties specific to each school.
• Supervises the transfer of students to and from appropriate buses, as required.
• May be required to work outside in inclement weather.
• Arranges, distributes, and collects activity materials and equipment.
• Assists in organizing and conducting school activities such as field trips, hot dog sales
and other special events.
• Performs duties in compliance with safety regulations.
• Performs other Education 2 duties as required.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, ABILITY, SKILLS
• Grade twelve education.
• Six college/university level courses related to learning/behavioural issues in children or
youth (eg. Education assistance, Behaviour Management, Exceptionalities, Growth and
Development, Interpersonal Communication, etc.)
• One year of related experience with children or youth with exceptional needs in a school,
hospital or recognized community agency.
• May require experience with specific exceptionalities.
• May require a valid British Columbia driver’s license.
• Ability to perform child-specific behaviour management techniques.
• Ability to operate or learn to operate school and/or personalized equipment (eg. recorder,
computer, communication board, etc.)
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing in the language of
instruction in or about the school.
• Ability to perform individually and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to follow directions with regard to individualized education plans and the
dispensing of medication.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED
Common classroom and playground materials/equipment (eg: art supplies, computers, audio
visual equipment, sports equipment, etc.)
Child-specific equipment (eg. computer, hearing aids, etc.)
PHYSICAL ABILITIES
• Sufficient vision and hearing to perform assigned duties independently.
• Ability to lift, transfer and assist students as required.
• Manual dexterity.