Instructional Aide-Special; Catalina

Job Summary

Under general supervision, assist certificated staff in reinforcing instructional activities for students with special needs identified in an Individualized Education Program (IEP); participate in monitoring, discipline and behavior modification of students; assist in meeting physical care and hygienic needs of students; perform related duties as assigned.

• Confer with certificated staff to plan instructional activities, discuss student academic progress and behavior, and implement activities to meet individual student needs; assist in facilitating students into general education classrooms and other learning environments.
• Tutor individual or small groups of students in a variety of academic subjects; correct classroom and homework assignments; compute and record scores as assigned.
• Provide assistance and participate with students in educational games, reading stories, songs, arts and crafts, and physical education exercises; observe and record social and academic progress.
• Participate in monitoring, discipline, and behavior modification of students; redirect inappropriate behaviors; implement behavior plans in accordance with District procedures; record and report student behavior issues.
• Perform personal hygiene activities for students such as toileting, diapering and dressing; prepare lunch trays and feed students who cannot feed themselves; assist students to sit, stand and walk.
• Perform physical health care treatments such as tracheotomy suctioning, gastrostomy tube feedings, colostomy care, seizure monitoring, and blood sugar testing following appropriate training; maintain related records.
• Lift and position students into and out of wheelchairs, braces, lifts and other orthopedic equipment individually or with assistance of other staff members.
• Provide community‑based instruction, social skills, and life skills training with individual or small groups in settings such as purchasing items at a store, job coaching, independent bus travel, and pedestrian safety.
• Accompany, assist and monitor students in a variety of non‑classroom activities and locations including field trips, buses, job sites, community settings, cafeterias, bus lines and on‑campus events.
• Perform classroom‑associated clerical work such as sorting, filing, record‑keeping, completing forms, collecting monies, measuring, cutting and duplicating materials.
• Assist in classroom organizing activities such as displaying educational materials, preparing bulletin boards, teaching aids, and arranging furniture; replenish supplies and materials.
• Assist students utilizing assistive technology devices and related equipment; operate, monitor and troubleshoot assistive technology equipment.
• Operate a variety of classroom, audio‑visual and office equipment including a copier, laminator, calculator and computer and assigned software.
• Attend and participate in meetings, workshops, and training programs.
• Administer basic first aid or necessary physical assistance to ill, injured or distressed students.
• May administer prescribed medication in emergency situations in accordance with District procedures.
• May call parents to arrange appointments and provide approved information about school activities or students under the direction of certificated staff; participate in parent conferences as requested.
• May utilize basic sign language gestures and techniques in some assignments.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

• Child guidance principles and practices.
• Basic instructional techniques and methods.
• Academic subjects including mathematics, grammar, spelling, language and reading.
• Safe practices in classroom and playground activities.
• Classroom procedures and appropriate student conduct.
• Correct English usage, grammar, spelling, punctuation and vocabulary.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Basic record‑keeping and filing techniques.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience and courtesy.
• Operation of various classroom, audio‑visual and office equipment including a computer and assigned software.
• Basic first aid procedures.
• Generally accepted standards of health, safety and sanitation.

• Assist with instruction and related…