Special Education REACH Aide @ Liestman Elementary

Job Description

To assist teacher in the implementation of individualized education plans for students with disabilities.

• High school graduate or equivalent (GED)
• Eligible for appropriate paraprofessional certification
• Demonstrates interest and aptitude for work
• Computer skills helpful
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to multi-task activities

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• Engage students in instructional activities under the direction of the teacher.
• Help students master instructional materials assigned by teachers.
• Perform clerical duties in support of the special education classroom (record student attendance, reproduce instructional materials, type forms, create bulletin boards and classroom displays, etc.).
• Assist in the modification of instructional materials.
• Administer, score and record achievement and diagnostic tests, objective-type teacher-made tests and quizzes, and grades as the teacher recommends for students.
• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce learning of material or skills initially taught by the teacher.
• Collect and record data related to students’ IEP objectives and educational plans.
• Catalogue and file instructional materials; maintain an inventory of supplies and equipment, and prepare orders/requisitions for needed materials.
• Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in other forms of oral communication with students.
• Operate equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Assist students in the library or media center.
• Assist with the supervision of students during lunch periods, assemblies, play periods, and movement of group to special classes.
• Maintain a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of teachers.
• Participate in training as assigned.
• Provide explicit instruction to small groups of students using a lesson plan designed by the teacher.
• Support classroom teacher in maintaining a positive learning environment and maintaining student discipline.
• Perform personal hygiene functions when assigned (bathing/cleaning, clothes changing, diapering, feeding, maintaining facial hair, menstrual and nasal hygiene, toileting and/or toilet training).
• Perform medically related services when assigned per students’ needs (cleaning catheter, tube-feeding, suctioning, lifting/transferring (minimum 50 pounds), monitoring seizure activity, performing CPR).
• Perform physical/behavioral management procedures when assigned (administrating therapeutic holds, physical restraints, monitoring scheduled reinforcement, monitoring isolation, escorting for visual impairments, transferring students in wheelchairs or other mobility devices).
• Perform specialized services when assigned (transcribing Braille, monitoring augmentative communication devices, facilitated communication, supervising community-based instruction).
• Demonstrate and maintain competence in delivering PCS in accordance with IEP requirements.
• Perform PCS tasks as specified in each student’s IEP.
• Maintain timely and accurate documentation of all SHARS billable PCS activities.

• Follow district safety protocols and emergency procedures.
• Maintain an appropriate level of technology competence to meet the current and future needs of the district.
• Implement alternative methods of instruction as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.