ASD Health Care Aide

Position: ASD Health Care Aide

Salary Range: $15.15 - $22.73 per hour; based on the IISPA Master Agreement

Affiliation: Ionia Intermediate Support Personnel Association (IISPA)

Reports To: Director of ASD

Date Posted: August 5, 2026

Start Date: ASAP

Final date to receive applications: Until Filled

Assists teachers in district classrooms for the autistic impaired by performing a variety of duties designed to carry out individual student education and positive behavioral support plans.

• Provide physical support to students with varying strength and emotional behaviors.
• Implements program-wide and individual student behavior intervention programs, including monitoring behavior data collection, preparing incident reports, physical intervention and reward system under the direction of classroom teachers.
• Ability to take feedback from others and to follow a behavior plan directly as written.
• Supervises and monitors students within classroom activities as well as non-structured settings (i.e. arrival, departure, lunch, field trips and recess).

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Ability to interact with professionals and health care aides in providing a positive educational experience for children.
• Registered Behavior Technician certification preferred.
• Ability to push and pull heavy objects, repeatedly kneel, bend, twist or stand for long periods of time and other physical requirements when necessary. Physical ability to safely lift students as needed: 50 pounds, or up to 100 pounds with assistance.

The staff, administration and Board of Education of the Ionia County Intermediate School District are dedicated to collaborating:

• With students, parents, and district residents,
• With local and other intermediate districts, and
• With community partners and state agencies,

to provide quality services and exemplary leadership in support of superior teaching and learning throughout the District.

• Collaborative and supportive environment
• Opportunities for personal and career growth
• Impactful work
• Competitive Compensation

The Ionia County Intermediate School District and its Board of Education shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, height, weight, marital or family status, disability, military status, ancestry, genetic information, or any other legally protected category in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities.

Ionia County Intermediate School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer