Special Ed Aide-(CLP-Cherokee

Overview

• Location:
  
  Cherokee
• Hours:
  
  6.25 hrs/day
• Paygrade 4
• Salary: $16.23/hr
• Position:
  New Position
• Effective: 2025/26 School Year

Supports the teacher and students to ensure the best possible learning experience for the special education children in a safe and secure environment while maintaining confidentiality.

These duties and responsibilities are considered essential functions under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).

• Assist one-on-one, small groups or classroom with students under the supervision of the teacher as directed.
• Assist teacher with completing academic tasks.
• Assist in engaging students with instructional activities developed by the teacher, e.g., reading, writing, math, spelling, and life skills.
• Assist in managing student behavior by properly implementing behavior management plans.
• Provide support in monitoring, intervening, and redirecting student behaviors; act to prevent and deescalate student behavior.
• Assist students with personal needs, including hygiene, diapering, toileting and clothing.
• Familiarize yourself with individual student requirements and/or behavior plans.
• Assist in data collection related to behavior, academics, instruction, etc.
• Participate in professional development.
• Communicate with community, staff, and students to answer questions and disseminate or explain information.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work and are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education: This position requires a high school diploma or equivalent.

Certificates, Licenses, or Registrations: May be required to take additional classes to address studentspecific needs such as Crisis Prevention and Intervention (CPI) Training.

Experience:

• Experience working with children, required
• Experience working with special education students, preferred.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of school policies and safety regulations, required.
• Working knowledge of computers, preferred.

Skills:

• Good communication skills, required.
• Adaptability to learn, required.
• Patience, required.

Abilities:

• Ability to adapt to a variety of teaching skills, required.
• Ability to handle and relate to emotional and physical challenges, required.
• Ability to be caring, understanding, patient and friendly towards students, required.
• Ability to apply common sense to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form, required.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, staff and community, required.
• Ability to read and interpret school policies and handbook, required.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one, small group, and classroom situations, required.
• Ability to physically manage student behaviors and equipment, required.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations with limited standardization, required.
• Ability and willingness to work in a high-demand, potentially stressful environment while maintaining composure, required.
• Ability and willingness to complete any necessary training required to perform job responsibilities, required.
• Ability to follow through with outlined behavioral management plans or instruction programs, required.
• Ability to read, write, and communicate effectively in English to perform essential job duties, including safety instructions, emergency responses, documentation, and interaction with English-speaking staff, students, community and supervisors, required.

The physical demands described are representative of those required to perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee is frequently required to sit, walk or stand for long periods. The employee may need to run after students when needed. The employee must be able to stoop and bend to assist with student toileting, including diapering and lifting on and off the toilet, changing tables and mats, and other hygiene needs. The employee must have physical strength, agility, dexterity, acuity, reflexes, grasping, pushing, pulling, lifting, and mobility to perform job responsibilities.

The employee may assist in movement of students with special needs (positioning, lifting, transferring and physical intervention). The employee may lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and push or pull up to 90 pounds (e.g., students in wheelchairs). May facilitate students’ use of mobility equipment. The employee must be able to assist Special Education students on and off buses and may be required to assist on field trips.

Title:

Special Ed Aide -…