Instructional Assistant-Special Education 1:1 (2026/2027)

New hires are placed per the attached placement chart based on verified years of experience

Terms of Employment:
9 months, 7 hrs per day, 5 days a week
District paid employee medical insurance
Non-Exempt
Required- AZ IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card

Important message for Internal Employees:

Leave Benefits
Only 8 hour positions and Student Transporters qualify for personal earned leave.

If your new position is less than 8 hours per day, and you have been earning personal leave for less than 5 years, you will lose your personal earned leave.

If your new position is less than 8 hours per day and you have been earning personal leave for more than 5 years:

• Contact the payroll department for more information about payout upon leaving the District in the future.
• You cannot access your personal leave while you are working in a position that is less than 8 hours.

Title:
Instructional Assistant - Special Education 1:1

• Qualifications:
• High School Diploma or GED.
• Must enjoy working with children.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate.
• Must be Highly Qualified.

Job Goal:
To assist the classroom teacher in instruction related duties as may be assigned.

Performance Responsibilities:
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1. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially by the teacher.

• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing materials or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Serves as a source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Alerts the teacher to any problems or special information about an individual student.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of certified teachers.
• Assists the teacher in preparing bulletin boards, copying materials, laminating, selecting software compatible with existing computer system, grading papers, and help in testing.
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom.
• Assists with monitoring of students as assigned by school administration.
• Other duties as may be assigned.

• Attachment(s):
• 2027 WorkCal-I.pdf
• Instructional Assistant - Special Education.pdf
• PLACEMENT CHART- Classified Hourly 26-27 Minimum Wage Updates.pdf