Instructional Assistant II
About the Employer
Overview
Job Title - Instructional Assistant 2 (Job ID# 4033) - --- - --- - Location - Sunderland Elementary School, Prince Frederick, MD 20678 - Department - - Reports To - Principal - Annual Work Summary - 10 months per year, 190 days per year, 7 hours per day. - Wage/Pay Rate - Scale 8: $21.84/hr - $27.42/hr - FLSA Status - Non-exempt - Application Deadline - October 15, 2026 - Effective Start Date - Immediate Vacancy - Position Summary - The Instructional Assistant 2 will provide instructional, behavioral, and social emotional support services to help achieve a well-organized, smoothly functioning class and school environment in which students can take full advantage of the instructional program and available resources. Instructional Assistant 2 will be assigned to work with students with disabilities in special education and general education classrooms to support the implementation of individualized education programs (IEPs) for students. - Education, Certification, and Experience: - Special Requirements: - None - Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills: - Essential Job Functions, Responsibilities, and Duties: - Other Job Functions, Responsibilities, and Duties: - Physical and Psychological Conditions/Demands: - Unusual Demands: - None - Evaluation: - Application Procedure: - Legal Requirements: - Nondiscrimination Statement: - Contact Information:
• High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) Program Certificate
• Experience working with children with disabilities and managing externalizing behaviors is preferred
• Earns and maintains Non-Violent Calvert County Public School Crisis Management Training (includes Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI), Trauma-Informed Care, COMAR Law Training related to restraint, seclusion, and exclusion, risk related to the use of restraint, and documentation of crisis events)
• UKERU Crisis Intervention Training
• Restorative Practices Training
• Academic Research-Based Intervention Training and other trainings and certifications as required by the Director of Special Education, and the building Principal or Assistant Principal
• Exceptional ability to understand and communicate with both verbal and written skills
• Ability to operate various office machines and instructional technology
• Ability to follow a flexible schedule and adapt to various environments
• Demonstrated ability to relate effectively to students, teachers, staff, parents, and community members
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve, make informed decisions, and communicate effectively with all stakeholders when presented with stressful situations
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize tasks
• Provide instructional, behavioral, and social emotional supports and services to students with disabilities
• Assist individual children in need of special attention in areas including, but not limited to, academics, social, emotional, behavioral supports, and activities of daily living
• Assist with the provision of specially designed instruction and consistent implementation of student(s)' behavior intervention plan (BIP) under the direction of the teacher
• Assist in the implementation of and collection of data as required by the student's individualized education program (IEP) and/or behavior intervention plan (BIP)
• Delivers academic interventions and implements proactive behavioral supports/interventions
• Intervenes in crisis situations in the school environment as needed, which may include use of non-violent CPI when student exhibits aggressive behavior
• Assist students with personal hygiene, including toileting/changing and activities of daily living
• Works with groups of students to reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher
• Collaborates with a variety of educators and providers to implement students' IEPs across settings
• Assists individual children in need of special attention
• Performs clerical duties
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and other student supports planned by the teacher
• Sets up, and/or operates, instructional technology, laboratory equipment, and computer programs
• Assists teacher with implementation of classroom duties, routines, and instruction
• Participates in professional learning opportunities
• Provides periodic class coverage in absence of a classroom teacher
• Positively interacts with others
• Reports to work promptly every day
• Meets deadlines
• Performs related work as required or assigned by the building principal or designee
• Position is performed in a typical school environment. Significant periods of standing and walking are required.
• Performance will be evaluated in accordance with the policy on evaluation as established by Calvert County Public Schools.
• All applicants please apply through the Applicant Tracking System located on the Calvert County Public Schools' website www.calvertnet.k12.md.us.
• References must be directly related to education experience and must include immediate supervisor.
• Prior to the filling of any vacancy, permanent employees who have requested a transfer in a timely manner shall be afforded an opportunity to meet with the supervisor of the position for which the vacancy exists.
• State law requires that anyone hired after October 1, 1986, who will have contact with school children, must be fingerprinted and submit to a criminal background investigation. Federal law requires that a new employee must complete the employment eligibility verification (Form I-9) in person before beginning employment. Employment is conditional upon successful completion of a drug screen. Current employees of the Calvert County Public Schools are exempt from these requirements.
• Pursuant to Section 6-113.2 of the Education Article, Annotated Code of Maryland - House Bill 486 - Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Misconduct Prevention Statement
• All applicants are required to report all former employment where direct contact with minors may have occurred. The applicant must submit the contact information of the current employer, all former school employers, and all former employers not school-related. Applicants should also include contact information for organizations where the applicant has volunteered, coached, mentored, tutored or otherwise had direct contact with minors.
• Calvert County Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, or any other characteristic protected by law in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth programs.
• Calvert County Public Schools does not refuse enrollment of a prospective student, expel a current student, or withhold privileges from a current student, prospective student, or parent/guardian of a current or prospective student because of an individual's race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability.
• Calvert County Public Schools does not discipline, invoke a penalty against, or take any other retaliatory action against a student or parent/guardian of a student who files a complaint alleging that the program or school discriminated against the student, regardless of the outcome of the complaint.
• Director of Student Services: 443-550-8000
• Office for Civil Rights Complaint Assessment System: https://ocrcas.ed.gov - 1-800-421-3481