Special Education Aide - Birch Elementary

Special Education Aide - Birch Elementary

Pine Tree ISD – Longview, Texas.

Job : 5079610

Final date to receive applications: Dec 31, 2027 11:59 PM (UTC)

Re-Posted: May 11, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 11, 2026

Job Title: Special Education Aide (IDEA-B)

Reports to: Principal/Teacher(s) Assigned

Dept./School: Campus as assigned

Help meet physical and instructional needs of individual students with disabilities inside and outside classroom. Assist with the implementation of Individual Education Plans (IEP), including self‑help, behavior management, and instruction programs. Work under general supervision of principal and immediate direction of certified teacher. Funded by IDEA‑B, with the primary purpose of providing special education students and related services designed to meet their unique needs and prepare them for further education, employment, and independent living.

• Education / Certification: High school diploma or GED
• Valid Texas educational aide certificate.
• Special Knowledge /
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to work with children with disabilities, ability to follow verbal and written instructions, ability to communicate effectively.
• Experience: Two years experience working with children.

• Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays.
• Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom.
• Help with inventory, care, and maintenance of equipment.
• Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports.
• Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers.

• Help meet the individual needs of students, including transferring them to and from wheelchairs, lifting and positioning them, and signing or interpreting instructions for them.
• Help students take care of physical needs and personal care including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
• Help manage the behavior of assigned students. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed.
• Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
• Work with assigned students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher.
• Assist assigned students throughout school day, inside and outside classroom, including lunchroom, bus, and playground duty.
• Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of assigned students.

• Maintain confidentiality.
• Participate in professional development programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

None.

Wheelchair lift and ramp, and other equipment based on condition of student assigned, i.e., adaptive equipment, oxygen gauges, etc.

• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing, and pulling; regular heavy lifting of students; biological exposure to bacteria and communicable diseases.

Position Type: Full‑time

Salary: $15 to $25 Per Hour

• High School/Trade School degree preferred.
• Citizenship, residency or work permit required.

• Melanie Ferguson
• 1708 Pine Tree Rd
• Longview, Texas 75605
• Phone:
• Email: mferguson