Special Education Paraeducator Aide

Position: Special Education Para educator Aide 2 1:1 (32.5 hrs/wk, 180 days)
Education support professionals - esp/classified - para educator aide - special education

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open date 02/27/2026

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par educator aide ii

special education

summary description

under supervision, works in a special education classroom assisting teaching staff in a variety of instructional activities. Assists teachers in special education classrooms and provides individual or group assistance depending on student or class's functional living and academic skills and/or behavioral support needed. Incumbent can also provide attendant services to students with various intellectual and/or physical disabilities. Incumbent performs related work as required.

distinguishing characteristics

the para educator aide ii works in a special education classroom assisting the teacher and/or a special education student within the general and/or special education classroom, in specific specialized programs such as: cls (comprehensive life skills), ec (early childhood), ma (multi-age), sip (social intervention programs), strategies (autism spectrum disorders), social resource and/or resource classrooms as well as one-on-one assistance. Additionally, a para educator aide ii working at a title i school must be highly qualified.

may act as liaison between general education teachers, resource teachers; previews instructional information when possible and may attend seminars and conferences.

exemplary duties/responsibilities

para educator aides may be assigned to a variety of special education programs or individual students who require adult support based upon their iep's (individualized education program). Duties may include: assist students with intellectual, physical, or behavioral disabilities in boarding and de-boarding buses before and after school; assist students in reaching proper location in school; accompany students into general education classrooms; provide attendant services (diapering, toileting, washing faces, etc.)

to students as needed; supports instruction in proper health and hygiene habits; performs delegated procedures such as clean intermittent catheterization, provide emergency and first aid care as necessary; move students weighing 50-80 pounds, daily and repetitively; follows proper safety procedures; prepares and helps feed students as needed; supports instruction in functional life skills; realizes individual needs of students with intellectual, physical and/or behavioral disabilities and modifies general education classroom assignments occasionally;

follows behavior plans as outlined in students' iep's; uses positive behavior management techniques; assists with lesson assignments; reinforces learning concepts to students; maintains discipline and order on the playground, lunchroom, library and classrooms; accompanies students on field trips; arranges and adjusts wheelchairs, oxygen hoses and other equipment as needed; communicates with special education teachers about concerns and/or observations of students;

assists in maintaining bulletin boards in the classroom; may assist children with medication when trained; assists in the operation of classroom equipment or students' assistive technology devices; assist in recording student progress towards goals and developing instructional materials and preparing graphs and charts; assists in modification of the general education curriculum; participates in district training programs when requested and receives training in and implements non-violent behavioral intervention procedures;

maintains confidentiality regarding student information and records.

when assigned to sped programs:

ec - early childhood/pre-k

the early childhood special education program provides services to three, four and five year olds with disabilities. This program consists of developmentally appropriate curriculum that addresses all areas of child development including literacy and math readiness skills, gross and fine motor skills, self- help skills, communications skills, and social skills. In addition, the classroom provides multiple opportunities to develop skills in the areas of cognition, receptive and expressive language, and social/emotional development.

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