Life Skills Aide​/Attendant Cy

[] Life Skills Aide/Attendant Cy-Fair

Bob Hope School (Cy-Fair) - Houston, Texas

Job : 5067595

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Mar 28, 2025 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Opens: 3/28/2025

Closes: Until Filled

Job Title: Life Skills Aide/Attendant

Reports To: Campus Director

Department: Special Education/ Bob Hope School /Cy-Fair

Wage/Hour Status: Non-exempt/Full Time

Pay Grade:  Hourly Pay Scale

PRIMARY

PURPOSE:

Assist teacher in preparation and management of classroom activities and administrative requirements. Attend to the physical needs and personal care of special education students with special needs on campus. Work under the general supervision of the principal and the immediate direction of a certified teacher and assist in group activities.

Education:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D. equivalency or higher.

Special Knowledge/

Skills:

• Ability to assist in instructing reading, writing, and mathematics
• Ability to work well with children with disabilities
• Ability to communicate effectively in English
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
  
  Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds

Experience

Experience working with children preferred

• Provide instruction to students under direct supervision of teacher.
• Conduct instructional exercises and implement specialized interventions and strategies for Newcomers/ELL students assigned by the teacher; work with individual students or small groups.
• Attend to students with physical disabilities according to their individualized needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting, or positioning.
• Attend to students with physical needs and personal care including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene. This may include performing basic medical procedures under the training of a registered nurse such as tube feeding and suctioning a student with a tracheotomy
• Assist in classroom management.
• Assist in managing the behavior of students and crisis intervention, including restraining disruptive or dangerous physical behavior as needed.
• Conduct parent involvement activities.
• Assist in group activities.
• Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs
• Responsible for supervising students throughout the school day, both inside and outside the classroom including lunchroom, bus duty, and playground.
• Assist teacher in preparing instructional materials and classroom displays as needed.
• Help maintain neat and orderly classroom.
• Help with inventory, care, and instructional resources.
• Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports.
• Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers as needed.
• Must be team oriented and able to assist in the care and safety of all special needs children on the campus.
• Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students.
• Assist in maintaining routine in the absence of the teacher
• Maintain a neat and orderly area
• Assist in inventory, care and maintenance of equipment.
• Participate in staff development training programs to improve job performance.
• Participate in department meetings and special events as assigned.
• Must maintain confidentiality
• Perform other duties as assigned

Equipment Used:

Uses wheelchair lift, ramps, Hoyer lift and other equipment as required. Computer with appropriate software, printer, calculator, copier, facsimile machine, overhead projector, DVD/VCR, and other specialized equipment that is particularly unique to the teaching assignment.

Mental Demands:

Maintain emotional control under stress.

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Frequent standing, stooping, bending, twisting, kneeling, pushing, pulling, regular moderate lifting and/or restraint of students and working on the floor.
• Move and…