Individual Support Aide

Educational Support Specialist

Provide specialized support in an educational setting to deaf and hard of hearing students who may have learning challenges in physical, cognitive, and/or social-emotional domains. Assists other professionals with data collection, occasional student crisis intervention, and planning for support and proactive classroom management. Daily expectations include providing one-on-one assistance to the assigned student throughout the school day, supporting the student with academic tasks, implementing individualized education plan accommodations and behavioral interventions under the guidance of the teacher, assisting student with personal care, mobility, and health needs including feeding, toileting, and personal hygiene as required, encouraging positive social interactions with peers, monitoring and reporting on student progress in academics, social emotional learning, health behavior, and any incidents or concerns to the teacher, assisting student in following daily routines, activities that may include communication skills, academic skills, social emotional development, leisure skills and other identified skill need areas, participating with student data collection, documentation, and interpretation, helping with inventory, care and maintenance of equipment, assisting and monitoring safe student transitions to and from classroom and various activities, consistently following behavior management plan designed for individual students under the direction of the Special Education Director, Teacher or Counselor, maintaining a safe, supportive, and inclusive learning environment, maintaining the confidentiality of students, staff, and families, attending meetings and training sessions as required.

Job requirements include an associate's degree or higher, communicating competently in American Sign Language, clear written English skills, ability to work effectively as part of an educational team, respect for the cultural norms and language of the Deaf community, prior experience working with children preferred, ability to accept and constructively use feedback and suggestions related to job responsibilities and performance, ability to maintain professional boundaries, understanding basic behavior principles and positive approaches to education, excellent work attendance, and a background check required.

Work hours are from 7:45 AM to 3:15 PM, Monday through Friday, with the possibility of additional hours during Extended School Year (ESY).