Looking for Teaching Assistant - Transition Room in Illinois

Job title: Teaching Assistant - Transition Room Company: Decatur Public Schools Job description:

• Able to demonstrate effective behavior management techniques and interventions.
• Ability to function effectively as a member of the school team.
• Positive interpersonal skills and the ability to relate well with staff, parents, community members, and students.
• Preferred experience with restorative justice practices.

REPORTS TO: Building Administration JOB GOAL: To help students regulate their emotions/behavior, return to the learning environment and transition to and from alternative placement. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: (The following are the essential fundamentals to include but not limited to the following job duties.) * Continually supervise students to ensure a safe, non-threatening, nurturing environment where students can thrive.

• Foster relationships with parents and family, volunteers, and other caring-adult mentors and program supporters in the community.
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students.
• May escort students to and from locations.
• Attend meetings or trainings as required, with emphasis on trauma-informed and restorative justice practices, as well as social emotional learning.
• Professionally interact with students, staff and the public.
• Establish constructive relationships with students and interact with them according to individual need.
• Provide feedback to teachers and/or administrators on students’ achievement, progress, problems, and other concerns, as directed.
• Promote good student behavior, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage students to take responsibility for their own behavior.
• Coach students through the process of de-escalation.
• Support restorative justice approaches and building practices/interventions.
• Assist students in actively working on strategies to self-regulate emotions.
• Develop and implement peace circles/peer mediation.
• Document student behavior data and interventions, which may include restitutions made by students, on/off task behavior, work completion, etc.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment pursuant to negotiated agreement. EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions set forth in the collective bargaining agreement PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Handle work which deals mostly with people, objects, equipment in a general setting; depth perception and field of vision are important. Employee regularly is required to bend, stoop, twist, turn, reach, lift (up to 50 pounds), carry, pull, push, climb, and kneel; walking and standing approximately 50-75% of each shift. Employee must recognize differences in sound, such as voices/noises that are loud and playful instead of angry and combative; ability to differentiate tones and volumes in conversation. MENTAL DEMANDS: The assistant must ensure that children are supervised at all times, and that children are involved in safe and appropriate activities. There may be a number of situations happening at once, and the assistant must be prepared to handle accidents and emergencies at any time. WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills that may be required. Decatur Public Schools is an equal employment opportunity employer with an affirmative action plan. Attachment(s): Powered by Aspex Solutions - AppliTrack, Applicant Tracking for Educators. Online Job Employment Applications, Web Based Employment Applications for School Districts and Educational Institutions - You can also view at www.k12jobspot.com. K12JobSpot is a site that has thousands of teaching jobs - all from AppliTrack school districts. Expected salary: Location: Illinois Apply Job!