Special Needs Assistant Requirements

regrets 2008 How do I become a surplus needfully Assistant? special Needs Assistants. Job Description additional Needs Assistants argon recruited specifically to tending schools in providing the necessary nonteaching run to pupils with assessed educational necessarily. Their duties are assigned by the Principal acting on behalf of the jump on of Management. Their work is supervised either by the Principal or another instructor as determined by the Principal. Those duties take up tasks of a non-teaching nature such as . Preparation and tidying up of graderooms. 2. Assisting school children to circuit card and alight from school buses. Where necessary hold out as escort during school hours on school buses whitethorn be mandatory. 3. spare assistance as necessary for children with accompaniment difficulties e. g. helping special needs pupils with typewriting or writing or computers or other use of equipment. 4. Assistance with clothing, feeding, toileting and habitual h ygiene and being mindful of health and safety needs of the pupil. 5.Assisting on out-of-school visits, walks, examinations and similar activities. 6. Assisting the teachers in the supervision of pupils during assembly, deflection and dispersal from the classroom for one priming or another. 7. Accomp bothing individuals or wasted groupings who may stupefy to be indrawn temporarily from the classroom for one terra firma or another. 8. General assistance to the class teachers, under the direction of the Principal, with duties of a non-teaching nature. (Special Needs Assistants may not act as either substitute or temporary teachers.In no circumstances may they be left in sole transport of a class or group of children). 9. Participation with school development planning, where take away, and co-operation with any such changes with policies and practices arising from the school development process. 10. bout with parents of special needs pupils in both formal and informal struct ures as required and directed by school management. 11. otherwise duties appropriate to the grade as may be determined by the needs of the pupils and the school from meter to time.Special Needs Assistants may be re-assigned to other work appropriate to the grade when special needs pupils are absent or when particular pressing work demands arise. Qualifications required The minimum take of qualification required is a jr. Certificate with passes in English, Maths and Irish. In reality many SNA applicants will have further qualifications such as the FETAC take aim 5 SNA protection (single subject or full award) or the FETAC Level 5 qualification in child care.Some may also have third level qualifications in related fields such as Montessori, Early Childhood pedagogics or Psychology. Experience Relevant work sustain with children is very important. This can include time spent as a pop the question in a homework club, summer camp leader, sports coach, as well as being active i n your childrens school, for font in the parents association. More information on working as a SNA is gettable in the Education Personnel section of the Dept of Education & comprehension website www. education. e or from AEGIS. Local Courses. FETAC level 5 Special Needs Assisstant single subject certificate courses have been offered as a irregular course in Abbeyleix Further Education Centre and Portarlington Adult Education Centre. thwart www. laoisvec. ie Portlaoise College offers a full FETAC level 5, Special Needs Assistants course as well as a Childcare programme at the same level. www. portlaoisecollege. ie Information taken from Dept of Education & Science Website www. education. ie and INTO website www. into. ie