ESS Duty Aide

Job Title

Assist teachers in the Exceptional Student Services (ESS) classroom with daily non-instructional activities and student and classroom management.

Minimum Requirements:

• High School diploma or general education degree (GED); previous experience with students with disabilities.
• Must be eligible to obtain a DPS IVP Fingerprint Card

Essential Functions:

• Assists ESS students on field trips.
• Assists teacher in routine classroom operations.
• Prepares planned instructional materials.
• Prepares class and student documentation.
• Supervises student involved in non classroom activities: recess, lunch, etc.
• Implements/follows teachers' instructions of classroom procedures and classroom management, reinforcement, philosophy, and consistency.
• Makes appropriate referrals when difficulties arise, and teacher is not readily available.
• Assists with clerical duties, inventory, bulletin boards, etc.
• Demonstrates an understanding of student needs, keeps a firm hand yet is courteous.

Other

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to work with students with disabilities such as learning, emotional, mental, and physical disabilities.
• Ability to maintain composure under stressful conditions.
• Ability to develop effective working relationships with students, staff, and the school community.
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to perform duties with awareness of all the school district requirements and Board of Education policies.

Mental Tasks:

• Communicating verbally and in writing.
• Reading and comprehending instructions received from supervisor.
• Verbal communicative ability may be required for public contact positions.

Physical Tasks:

• Work involves the performance of duties where physical is required only to supplement normal sedentary work.
• Assistance is available in the event heavy physical exertion is required.
• Work may involve occasional lifting and carrying weights up to 25 pounds or assisting in moving or lifting children or adults.
• Moderate walking, stooping, bending, reaching, and sitting for extended periods may be required as a normal part of the job.
• Visual weakness must not prohibit the performance of assigned duties.

Equipment, Aids, Tools, Materials:

• General office equipment such as: copier, and computer.
• Some medical equipment.

Working Conditions:

• Indoors. Classroom or campus setting, ie. playground, lunchroom, gym, etc.
• Occasionally outdoors.
• Contact with students, staff, and parents.
• The noise level may be loud.
• The employee is frequently exposed to infection at a greater risk than the average employee.
• The employee may be required to meet multiply demands from several people.

Supervision:

• Site Administrator

The Baboquivari Unified School District is an Equal Opportunity/Voluntary Affirmative Action Employer. The Baboquivari Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, religion/religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or national origin. Additional information on the District's "Non-Discrimination Policy" can be viewed online.

Shift Type:
Full-Time

Salary Range: $15.35 to $16.95 per hour