Substitute Aide

Sidney City School District Job Description

Substitute Special Education Multi-Purpose Aide

Reports to:

Building Principal

Job Objectives:

Acts in the capacity of a substitute with the ability to work in all of the special education aide positions. May be assigned to the following areas:
Multi-handicapped, resource room, transportation, or special education office.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Meets all mandated health requirements (e.g., a negative tuberculosis test, etc.).
• Provides documented evidence of a clear criminal record.
• Holds or is qualified to obtain an Educational Aide Permit.
• Ability to learn appropriate skills for the position.
• Ability to physically manage students with disabilities.
• Ability to learn and use basic sign language techniques when needed.
• Demonstrates maturity and the ability to work with students and their families.

Responsibilities and

Essential Functions:

• Learns the purpose and proper procedures to perform all assigned duties. Seeks advice when expectations are unclear.
• Works with individual and/or small groups of students. Receives instructions and follows a prescribed educational plan or procedural guideline as directed by the teacher.
• Helps students with class assignments, homework, special projects, and makeup activities. Checks papers and tests as directed.
• Reinforces materials introduced by the teacher. Supervises independent study or remedial activities. Helps maintain a learning environment that stimulates interest, enthusiasm, and inquisitiveness about subjects and events.
• Helps students understand their personal responsibility for achieving academic success. Nurtures students who require alternative approaches to learning. Collaborates with staff to ensure that services are provided in the least restrictive educational environment.
• Helps the substitute teacher understand the regular classroom routine and the individual needs of students.
• Performs routine clerical work and record keeping duties related to classroom activities. Helps with the preparation of classroom materials. Operates duplicating equipment. Distributes supplies.
• Helps prepare bulletin boards and displays.
• Cleans up and organizes work and storage areas. Helps keep the classroom orderly (e.g., store equipment, shelve books, clean spills, etc.).
• Learns to operate and prepare classroom equipment for use (e.g., computers, media resources, etc.).
• Supports student progress with appropriate emotional development and interpersonal relationships. Helps students change attitudes and behaviors.
• Encourages a positive outlook, cooperation, active participation, accountability, dependability, consistent attendance, punctuality, etc.
• Offers help when students ask for or their behavior suggests they need assistance. Avoids being intrusive. Allows students to seek their highest degree of independence. Solves student concerns discreetly.
• Works with the classroom teacher to address persistent behavior problems. Carries out behavior modification plans to help students achieve performance objectives.
• Reports evidence of suspected child abuse as required by law.
• Supports an inclusive educational environment. Provides opportunities for students with disabilities to participate in appropriate peer group activities.
• Helps students with medical and/or physical needs as trained by a licensed health care professional (e.g., personal hygiene, toileting, catheterization, transfers, mobility, lifting, carrying, etc.). (Special education assignments)
• Learns to operate personal assistive devices. Recognizes when problems may be developing. Immediately corrects and reports suspected malfunctions or unsafe conditions. (Special education assignments)
• Helps position students to take full advantage of each learning environment (e.g., line-of-sight, proximity to equipment, height of working surfaces, etc.).
• Observes all personal hygiene requirements for the preparation and handling of food.
• Helps feed students. (Special education assignments)
• Actively participates in recreational and leisure activities associated with the assigned student's educational program.
• Supervises mandated rest periods when applicable.
• Monitors ill students until a parent/guardian arrives, or as directed.
• Helps students with clothing, cleanup, and toileting routines.
• Helps with school bus arrivals and departures (e.g., student supervision, physical assistance, operating the wheelchair lift, etc.).
• Provides close supervision and takes reasonable precautions to ensure student safety. Does not leave students unsupervised.
• Monitors and controls student behavior during assigned activities (i.e., field trips, indoor/outdoor recess, lunchroom duty, library and computer room use, etc.).
• Helps communicate school rules to students. Maintains high standards for student conduct. Upholds the student conduct code according to district policy. Protects the due process rights of students.
• Strives to develop rapport with students, staff, parents, and the public. Responds to requests and…