Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Assist teachers in the planning and implementation of learning experience of students enrolled in programs; confer with teacher to provide feedback on student performance, progress and testing activities; Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities; Assist in monitoring classroom management in accordance with the district's discipline procedures, which may include the physical restraint, physical movement, lifting and carrying of students; Supervise students in and outside of the classroom with an understanding of and provision for a safe environment; Perform various clerical functions in student record keeping, monitor assignments, IEP development, maintain accurate files and other related functions; Assist with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies and play periods; Assist with large group activities such as drill work, reading aloud and story telling; Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in other forms of oral communication with students; Check notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work as assigned by the teacher; Alert the teacher or administrator to any problem or special information about an individual student; Serve as a source of information and support to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher; Assist with record keeping to monitor students' daily and monthly data on instructional and behavioral progress; Assist classroom teacher in diagnostic testing and reporting; Provide remedial instruction as requested; Perform clerical duties such as data entry, copying, filing and record keeping. Occasionally work with students who may exhibit aggressive behavior, as required of specific job assignment; Occasionally work with students who require attention to basic feeding and personal hygiene needs, as required by specific job assignment; Occasionally support students with medical or health needs; In an ESL/Bilingual position, if specified by the administration, ability to be bilingual in Spanish, English or other languages (speak, read and write); Occasionally perform physical activities which may include: moving and/or lifting of students with physical disabilities; moving, lifting, and/or physically restraining of students with emotional and/or behavioral disabilities; Perform physical activities which may include frequent standing, walking, bending, and/or lifting; Monitor and discipline students according to approved policies and procedures.