Aide - Special Ed Skills

Special Education Instructional Aide Basic Skills

Reports to:

Campus Principal

Pay Grade:
Aide Pay 3

Dept./School:
As Assigned

Days: 187 (10 months)

Supervises:

Primary

Purpose:

To assist in the implementation of students IEPs.

Education/Certification:

• High School Diploma or its equivalent
• CPR/First Aide Certified.

Special Knowledge

Skills:

• Temperament to work with students having disabilities
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with teacher(s), students and administrators.

Experience:

• Some experience in working with young children.

• Exercise initiative in developing creative activities to supplement and reinforce learning
• Assist the children in transferring to and from different locations, as needed
• Assist the children in getting to the lunchroom and when necessary help them in getting lunch trays and feeding themselves.
• Be punctual
• Meet the school buses and assist the children in getting on and off the buses.
• Assist students in self-help needs such as: toileting, diapering, feeding and positioning
• Assist the children with coats and other articles of clothing which cannot be handled by children with certain disabilities
• Work with individual pupils who need help in group activities
• Supervise small group learning activities
• Encourage the use of oral language by the pupils
• Maintain CPR/First Aid Certification
• Change bulletin boards and assist the teacher in room decorations.
• Assist the teacher in material and room maintenance
• Reproduce material as directed by the teacher
• Become efficient in the operation of technology in the room
• Supervise game activities
• Praise frequently and exhibit a cheerful attitude toward the students
• Fulfill other duties as deemed necessary by the supervisor for the well-being of students
• Assist in lifting and positioning of students
• Assist in duty as assigned by the principal
• Maintain confidentiality of students' testing, diagnosis, status and personal problems
• Accept the teacher as the authority in the classroom
• Be subject to bus monitor assignment
• Ask for clarification of policies as necessary
• Be subject to transfer or reassignment as necessary
• Refer parental concerns or staff concerns to teacher, principal or special education supervision
• Be subject to split teacher assignment as necessary
• Attend and meet required district hours of staff development
• Assume other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Campus Principal

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Maintain emotional control under stress; must be able to lift up to 120 lbs. occasionally with assistance.

Occasional prolonged or irregular hours.