Instructional Aide​/Special Needs

Special Ed. Para-Professional ) – Job

Reports to: Teacher and Campus Principal
Final date to receive applications: Open Until Filled

Length of work year: 187 Days |
Date revised: 09/17/2020

Wage/Hour status: Non-Exempt |
Salary range: $15.00 – $22.44 |
Pay grade: PI2

Date posted: 5/11/2026 |
Date available: 05/11/2026

The Special Education Paraprofessional works under the direct supervision of the assigned teacher and the campus principal. Direction will also be given by the Director of Special Education. The Special Education Paraprofessional works under the direction of the Special Education teacher in providing appropriate distance, virtual, or face‑to‑face instruction in the instructional program for special education students which is outlined in the student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP).

The Special Education Paraprofessional will work closely with special education students on a regular basis in an effort to provide them with the physical help, academic assistance, and emotional support they need to progress toward the accomplishment of their goals and objectives.

• TEA certification requirements
• Completion of at least 2 years of study at an institution of higher education; or obtained an associate’s degree; or met a rigorous standard of quality and can demonstrate, through a formal state or local academic assessment, knowledge of, and the ability to assist in instructing, reading, writing, and mathematics; or knowledge of, and the ability to assist in instructing, reading readiness, writing readiness, and mathematics readiness, as appropriate.
• High School Graduate or GED
• Ability to work with children with disabilities
• Ability to manage time and organize work
• Ability to communicate with parents

• Knowledgeable of class make‑up and works directly with students as outlined in Individual Education Plan (IEP).
• Assists the student(s) with physical tasks such as putting on and taking off outerwear, moving from room to room, using the lavatory, changing diapers, bathing, etc.
• Confers and plans daily with Special Education Teacher(s) on assigned activities.
• Hears the student(s) in recitation, reading and other curriculum tasks, guiding and helping them.
• Performs simple errands and tasks for student(s) such as sharpening pencils, carrying lunch trays, etc.
• Under supervision of the Special Education Teacher, works with individual students or groups of students to reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher through distance, virtual or face‑to‑face instruction.
• Accompanies the student(s) to whom assigned to the office, to the school nurse, or other locations as necessary.
• Establishes as fully as possible a supportive relationship with the student(s) without fostering or encouraging intense emotional involvement.
• Serves as a resource person, if and when requested, to the assessment team about one of the students to whom assigned.
• Under the direction and guidance of the teacher, prepares bulletin boards, maintains an attractive room environment, performs clerical tasks, runs off stencils or makes copies, sorts and prepares handouts, forms, changes and washes linens, etc.
• Assists the special education teacher in maintaining a safe and orderly classroom environment conducive to learning.
• Assists in organizing learning centers, educational games, and other instructional materials.
• Completes pre/post-testing or other assessment tasks under the direction and guidance of the teacher.
• Assists students with feeding and escorts students to and from breakfast and/or lunch, as needed.
• Receives and monitors students who arrive at school prior to the beginning of the school day and assists and monitors students in the afternoon in preparation for returning home.
• Escorts students to the bus, rides and assists the bus drivers on the bus, monitors behavior on the bus, alerts the bus driver to problems, delivers messages and receives messages, when necessary.
• Takes students to the restroom and assists with toileting needs, as directed and needed.
• Understands and implements district discipline management and IEP goals and objectives for discipline and behavior…