Instructional Aide, SpEd - Titan Academy

School Support Huntington Park,California

* This is part-time Instructional Aide (SpEd) position with 29 hours per week at our Aspire Titan Academy in Huntington Park.

Schedule:

M-Th: 8:00am - 2:30pm & F: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high-performing, college preparatory charter schools serving TK-12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998-in an effort to transform the inequitable racial, social, and gender outcomes that our communities persist through-Aspire is one of the largest and most forward-thinking open-enrollment public charter school systems in the nation.

Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college, career, and life. At Aspire, we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge, skills, and power to access and make choices for their families and post-secondary lives. Every day, our community of students, families, teachers and staff comes together to learn, work, and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well-Being), Culture of Belonging, Community Partnership, Agency & Self-Determination, and Joy.

The Instructional Aide will provide support for students with disabilities (IEP students) in the school environment and support the Special Education Teacher, General Education teacher/s and/or Speech & Language Pathologist, while upholding the core values of Aspire Public Schools.

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions
• Assist Special Education teachers in supporting students with Individual Education Plans (IEPs) within the school setting.
• Provide services, supports and interventions directly to students, under the guidance and daily supervision of the Special Education teacher/s.
• Implement the IEP with fidelity (i.e. provide 1:1 support to student in classroom, support student/s with toileting needs, assist with health-related needs (g-tube, feeding, administration of medication) (under supervision of school nurse) and assist with the physical needs of students (lifting/ assisting with mobility, implementing student stretching/exercise routines.))
• Create and implement instructional materials that are accommodated/modified for individualized students.
• Regularly collaborate with members of the IEP team (GE teacher, Education Specialist, Speech and Language Pathologist, Instructional Aides, Administrators, Program Specialist and Other Service providers.)
• Additional:
• Demonstrate knowledge of, and support, the Aspire Public Schools mission, vision, value statements including antiracism, policies and procedures, operating instructions, confidentiality standards, and the code of ethical behavior
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

• Knowledge of child cognitive development and different learning styles
• Familiarity with students with students that demonstrate moderate-severe needs.
• Ability and willingness to implement students’ individualized education programs
• Ability and willingness to reflect and improve on practice
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to changing conditions; ability and good judgment to take initiative to modify activities
• Minimum educational level:
• Associate’s degree or successful completion of 48 units of college credit or passing of Paraprofessional Test
• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Teaching, or related field preferred
• Experience required:
• 1+ year working with students in special education with moderate / severe needs or students from urban communities in an educational setting
• Physical requirements:
• Occasionally lift and/or move a minimum of 30 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, frequently required to sit, stand, move, feel, reach with hands and…