Aspire Public Schools is a fast growing, high paced not-for-profit charter school organization. Aspire Public Schools was founded in 1998 to enrich student lives and reshape public school systems. Aspire increases the academic performance of California’s diverse K-12 students through personalized learning experiences, and develops outstanding educators to catalyze change in public schools.

We’re looking for individuals who are: • 110% committed to getting all students into college
• Organized and able to create a rigorous and respectful learning environment
• Collaborative
• Comfortable with using student achievement data to guide classroom instruction and continually improve
• Resilient, proactive, and able to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Overview:
Instructional Assistant will provide support for students with special needs in the classroom environment and Supports resources specialist and/or speech language pathologist, while upholding the values of Aspire Public Schools.

Responsibilities:
1. Assist resource specialist to develop schedule of services that conform with IEPs
2. Help and organize special education files and paperwork.
3. Provide services directly to students under guidance and daily supervision of resource specialist, to ensure students meet academic goals for IEP, for example: providing 1:1 support to student in classroom, explaining instructions to students, ensuring student complete tasks assigned by classroom teacher.
4. Assist in providing materials to help classroom teacher make modifications for students.
5. Help provide testing accommodations, for example, supervise student completing test in a separate location or during a extended time.
6. Assist student and classroom teacher on behavior; e.g. implementing behavior plan.
7. Demonstrate knowledge of, and support, Aspire Public Schools mission, vision, value statements, standards, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior.
8. Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

Qualifications:
1) Required knowledge, skills & abilities:
• Knowledge of child cognitive development and different learning styles
• Ability and willingness to implement students’ IEPs
• Ability and willingness to reflect and improve
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing conditions; ability and good judgment to take initiative to modify activities
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to collaborate with general education and special education colleagues, parents and community
2) Minimum educational level:
• High school diploma
3) Experience required:
• 1+ year working with students with special needs in an educational setting

To learn more about our schools and this specific opening, please go to http://www.aspirepublicschools.org and click on the link to "Careers," where you can create an online application. To apply for the Instructional Assistant (P/T) position at our Rosa Parks Academy, in Stocktonbe sure to select the school site and city prior to your search.

Thank you!