Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) The educational
assistant shall assist a teacher or Early Childhood Specialist or Supervisor or
related service provider only in a supportive capacity. The role of the
educational assistant is adaptable to many support tasks, and nothing in these
rules should be interpreted as limiting assistants only to the performance of
classroom duties. Educational assistant tasks may include but are not limited
to:
(a) Instructional support -- Tasks
performed by assistants to supplement students' basic instruction by offering
students opportunities to practice and apply what they have learned, including
social skills, life skills, and transition skills;
(b) Clerical support -- Tasks such as
preparing materials, duplicating and operating audiovisual equipment, which are
primarily concerned with the physical arrangement of the learning environment;
and
(c) Student control -- Duties
such as supervision of students in school buildings, buses, and grounds
including but not limited to lunch rooms, and playground areas, assisting with
fire drills, monitoring students in hallways, etc.
(d) Personal care;
(e) Translation or Parent/Family Involvement
activities; and
(f) Media center or
computer laboratory support.
(2) Any educational assistant assigned to
instruction-related activities shall work under the supervision of an
appropriately licensed teacher (or administrator, Early Childhood Specialist or
Supervisor; or related service provider). Supervision means:
(a) The assigned teacher (or administrator,
Early Childhood Specialist or Supervisor; or related service provider) plans
the instructional activities that the educational assistant carries
out;
(b) The assigned teacher (or
administrator, Early Childhood Specialist or Supervisor; or related service
provider) evaluates the achievement of the students with whom the educational
assistant is working; and
(c) The
assigned teacher (or administrator, Early Childhood Specialist or Supervisor;
or related service provider) provides a supervision plan that includes regular
monitoring of the educational assistant's effectiveness and access to
assistance and consultation.
(3) In addition to the supervision
requirements under section (2) of this rule, Title I educational assistants
must work in close and frequent proximity to the appropriately licensed teacher
identified as "highly qualified" as defined by the federal Elementary and
Secondary Education Act.
(4) A plan
of supervision for the educational assistant shall provide for:
(a) Access to assistance and consultation;
and
(b) Regular monitoring of the
educational assistant's performance to determine effectiveness of the assigned
tasks and the effect on students and their families
Stat. Auth.: ORS
326.051
Stats. Implemented: ORS
326.051
