Special Education Aide​/RISE

Special Education Aide/RISE

Location:

Caney Creek High School - 011

Job Status: OPEN

Posting Number: 053653

Posting Date: 05/18/2026

Help meet the physical and instructional needs of individual students with disabilities inside and outside the classroom. Assist with the implementation of Individual Education Plans (IEP), including self-help, behavior management, and instructional programs. Work under the general supervision of the principal and immediate direction of a certified teacher. Primary responsibility is to assist in the RISE classroom.

• Help meet the individual needs of students, including transferring them to and from wheelchairs, lifting and positioning them, and signing or interpreting instructions for them, if needed.
• Help students take care of physical needs and personal care including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
• Help manage the behavior of assigned students. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or student behavior as needed.
• Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
• Work with assigned students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by the teacher.
• Collect necessary paperwork/data per teacher direction.
• Assist assigned students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom, including lunchroom, bus, and playground duty.
• Keep the teacher informed of special needs or problems of assigned students.
• Participate in professional development programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Experience working with children.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Valid Texas educational aide certificate (must obtain within 30 days of employment).

• Ability to work with children with disabilities.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively.

• Wheelchair lift, ramps, personal computer, copier, typewriter, and audiovisual equipment.
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written); interpret policy, procedures, and data; maintain emotional control under stress.
• Frequent standing, walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing, pulling, regular heavy lifting of students; biological exposure to bacteria and communicable diseases.

Pay Grade IS-3 – Minimum hourly rate: $16.00