Special Education Aide Student Specific - Mae Smythe Elem

Special Education Aide

Provide support to identified students with disabilities who require additional support and supervision throughout the school day.

• Education:
  
  High school diploma or GED
• Valid Texas Educational Aide Certificate
• PAC Test (No Child Left Behind) / 48 College Hours
• Bilingual Test (if applicable)
• Special Knowledge /
  
  Skills:
• Ability to work with children who exhibit severe behavior challenges
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to drive a motor vehicle
• Ability to read a map and navigate an automobile
• Basic computer and typing skills
• Time management skills
• Organizational skills
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to maintain confidentiality issues
• Ability to maintain a schedule
• Experience:
  
  Previous work experience with behavioral children

• Assist teacher in routine classroom management duties.
• Assist in preparing instructional materials.
• Assist in maintaining classroom environment and supplies.
• Assist students in homework preparation, test taking.
• Modify teacher's assignments, tests, and other instructional entities.
• Maintain records, files and other pertinent documents on each student.
• Communicate students' needs to faculty and staff.
• Assist in maintaining a safe environment for students, faculty, staff.
• Assist in implementing student's behavior management plan.
• Assist in the loading and unloading of the school buses.
• Participate in the activities involved with physical education classes.
• Assist with individual student's personal hygiene needs.
• Feed or assist students in feeding themselves.
• Lift, move, and position students in a variety of settings.
• Be aware of student's various medical concerns.
• Escort students to different locations in the building.
• Monitor students during various activities during the school day.
• Be able to work with any student as determined by the student's I.E.P.
• File various documents in students' folders.
• Assist in orienting students to class schedule each semester.
• Obtain any necessary textbooks for different programs.
• Perform other duties as determined by the special education teacher or the principal.

• Mental Demands:
  Ability to communicate verbally and written with students, faculty, staff, and community Ability to read and interpret written instructions. Reading; ability to communicate effectively (verbal); maintain emotional control under stress.
• Physical Demands / Environmental Factors:
  Frequent standing, stooping, bending, and kneeling, pushing, and pulling; regular heavy lifting of students, equipment, and materials, biological exposure to bacteria and communicable diseases