Special Education REACH Aide @ Budewig Intermediate

Job Description

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

• Education/Certification: High School graduate or equivalent (GED). Eligible for appropriate paraprofessional certification.
• Special Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
  • Demonstrate interest and aptitude for the work performed
  • Computer skills helpful
  • Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Able to maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders
  • Excellent organization, communication, and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to multitask activities
• Experience: None

• Engage students in instructional activities under teacher direction.
• Help students master instructional materials assigned by teachers.
• Perform clerical duties supporting the special education classroom (record attendance, reproduce materials, type forms, create bulletin boards, 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 recommended by the teacher.
• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce learning of material or skills 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 for needed materials.
• Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in oral communication with students.
• Operate equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Assist students in the library or media center.
• Assist with 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.
• 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 student discipline.
• Perform personal hygiene functions when assigned per students’ needs (bathing/cleaning, clothes changing, diapering, feeding, facial hair maintenance, menstrual hygiene, nasal hygiene, toileting, and toilet training).
• Perform medically related services when assigned per students’ needs, following nurse training (cleaning catheter, tube feeding, suctioning, lifting/transferring, monitoring seizure activity, performing CPR).
• Perform physical/behavioral management procedures when assigned per students’ needs (administering therapeutic holds, physical restraints, monitoring reinforcement, monitoring isolation, escorting for visual impairments, transferring students in wheelchairs or other mobility devices).
• Perform specialized services when assigned per students’ needs (transcribing Braille, monitoring augmentative communication devices, facilitated communication, supervising during 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 technology competence to meet current and future needs.
• Implement alternative methods of instruction as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Performance will be evaluated in accordance with the Board’s policy on evaluation of Instructional Paraprofessional Personnel.

• Tools/Equipment:
  Standard office equipment including computer and peripherals.
• Posture:
  Standing, prolonged sitting, occasional kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing, pulling, twisting. May be required to use therapeutic holds after training.
• Motion:
  Repetitive hand motions, frequent keyboarding and mouse use, occasional reaching; may require climbing stairs and reaching overhead.
• Lifting:
  Moderate lifting and carrying up to 15 pounds; occasional heavy lifting up to 50 pounds.
• Environment:
  May work prolonged or irregular hours; frequent district travel; all campuses are temperature‑controlled with hard surface floors.
• Mental Demands:
  Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress.