Student Care Attendant SPED

Position Title: Student Care Attendant
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
Department: Special Education
Reports to: Principal
Location: Schools
Salary Scale: Teacher Assistant Scale
Position Type: Full-Time
Salary Range: $16.05/hr - $19.14/hr

Description of Position: Student Care Attendants provide support for students in self-contained special education classrooms. They assist full-time teachers, providing individual attention to students in need of extra assistance or monitoring students while the teacher is out. This position works with classroom teachers and teacher assistants to coordinate the academic activities of students and provides assistance to students in completing the assigned work.

This position monitors students and maintains a safe and orderly environment within the classroom.

• Understand and comply with the rules and operations of the workplace.
• Respond appropriately when dealing with children and how to properly show educational materials to the classroom.
• Follow the instructions of the teacher.
• Assist students assigned to the program with completing their regular classroom assignments.
• Guide and encourage students to develop a positive attitude toward learning.
• Assist the teacher and reinforce instruction taught in the classroom to students.
• Supervise the students outside of the classroom on the playground, during bathroom breaks, at lunch time and on field trips.
• Organize the classroom and put supplies in order.
• Greet children when they arrive at school.
• Complete supportive work, such as organizing paperwork, photocopying, and preparing and producing materials used in instruction, bulletins, and classroom displays.
• Ensure that students get on the correct bus.
• Maintain daily attendance and other records of students assigned to the program.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Principal/classroom teacher.

• Desire to support special needs students meet educational objectives.
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time; exhibit manual dexterity, hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal classrooms, outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds; to bend, stoop, climb stairs, walk and reach overhead.
• Knowledge of, and the ability to effectively apply, methods for dealing with student misconduct.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, parents, and school staff.

• High School Diploma.
• Specialized training or experience in education or counseling; or any equivalent combination of education and experience that would provide the noted knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Excellent human relations and communication skills. Must possess the ability to supervise students with varying abilities, assist students with assignments, monitor student behavior, and mediate conflicts within a disciplinary setting.

Last Revised:
August 13, 2024