Special Education Behavior Assistant

Special Education Behavior Assistant – Full-Time

Job

• Position Type:
  Special Education Support Staff / Special Education Assistant
• Date Posted: 7/13/2026
• Location:
  
  System-Wide
• Date Available:
  
  08/04/2026

Provide support and paraprofessional work assisting classroom teachers or other professionals to achieve instructional objectives; assist students with disabilities in achieving established goals and with personal care and mobility, as needed.

• Assist classroom teacher in performing specific duties as assigned or undertaking specialized tasks to achieve and enhance instructional and behavioral objectives.
• Work with individuals, small groups, or large groups as assigned teacher.
• Assist with behavior modification as assigned by leader.
• Lift, move, and operate adaptive equipment.
• Assist students with personal care tasks, including but not limited to, lavatory, clothing, hygiene, diapering, toileting, and wash‑up routines, as needed.
• Escort students as assigned by teacher or administrator.
• Assist students with mobility needs such as lifting and positioning students, lifting in and out of wheelchairs; loading and unloading on the bus; transporting students in and around the school and on field trips.
• Monitor students during assigned periods within a variety of school environments for the purpose of maintaining a safe and positive learning environment.
• Provide programmed practice activities and repetitions as developed by teacher, therapist or pathologist.
• Report student concerns directly and expeditiously to teacher and assist with student resolution.
• Assist with breakfast, lunch, snack, including clean‑up, as needed.
• Maintain various records and files.
• Perform related work as required.

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Associate’s Degree or passing score on Para Professional Praxis.
• Some experience working with students with disabilities preferred.

Significant standing; some walking, moving, climbing, carrying, bending, kneeling, crawling, reaching, handling, pushing, and pulling. Must have the ability to lift 50+ lbs. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential tasks.