St. Petersburg College

POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Instructional Assistant II, Auxiliary Learning Aids (ALA)

DEPARTMENT: Academic Support     SITE: Various

SALARY SCHEDULE: Career              GRADE: 4

BASIC FUNCTION:

Supervises, administers and ensures appropriate accommodations and testing of student with disabilities.  Instruct students in a complex and specialized learning laboratory or other similar instructional location, under the supervision of a professional faculty member or other staff person.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervises testing accommodations for documented students with disabilities.
• Work as a faculty liaison to ensure appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities.
• Administers tests, material prepared and assignments for students with disabilities.
• Works closely with learning specialists regarding the administration of the appropriate testing and classroom accommodations for students with disabilities.
• Assists professional teaching faculty in a learning laboratory and serves as a resource person to tutor students in the skills being taught.
• Instructs students enrolled in courses requiring laboratory classes.
• Plans and administers lessons and materials for laboratory classes.
• Assists the professional faculty member in laboratory administration and activities.
• Maintains records of students with disabilities regarding testing and tutoring. Maintains records of supplies, materials and equipment.
• Supervises department assistants for testing students with disabilities.
• Creates materials and plans for classes as required of the specific area.
• Performs related duties as required.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Associate’s degree. Bachelor's degree preferred.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Three (3) years experience teaching or tutoring students.

KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Competence in the subject area assigned. Knowledge of the methods appropriate for instruction in the subject area assigned. Knowledge of sentence structure and word usage. Skill in reading comprehension. Communications skills. Ability to operate a computer. Ability to interact well with students and faculty. Ability to teach the subject area of assignment.

Revised: 09/2006