Special Education Support Professional - FTE - Horace Mann Elementary

Special Education Support Professional - 0.9 FTE - Horace Mann Elementary

Sioux Falls School District Horace Mann – Bridges Elementary – Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

• Job
• Final date to receive applications:
  Posted until filled
• Posted:
  May 13, 2026
• Starting Date:
  Immediately

We want YOU here!
This position is for the  school year.

Students attending Horace Mann will embrace and experience a community that grows through a responsible sense of awareness and acceptance for individuality in education and the world around us. Always try your best. Treat each other with respect. Do your part to make Horace Mann a great place to learn.

Learn more about Horace Mann Elementary: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./hmes

• Education Level: Two years of post high school education or higher, or be able to pass a standardized test approved by the state of South Dakota, for designated Education Assistant positions.
• Experience Desired:
  At least one year of work experience in a position requiring interpersonal interaction skills and knowledge of strategies to support students with social, emotional, and behavioral needs.
• Physical Requirements:
  
  Requires constant hand-eye and mind-eye coordination, hearing, frequent bending over, crouching, reaching, removing, speaking, standing, stooping, talking, threading, turning and walking. Frequent carrying, grasping, holding, lifting, opening, pulling, unfolding and unlocking are also required. Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally.
• Other Requirements:
  Experience with behavior management. Post-Offer Criminal Background Check Required.
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

• Escorts students to transportation and other areas of the building.
• As needed provides personal care to students with special daily living needs (e.g., toileting, feeding, physical management).
• Provides review and practice of skills taught by a teacher with students 1:1 and in small groups in special education classroom and/or regular classroom.
• Works with students in schools and on community outings.
• Prepares instructional materials as directed/selected by teacher.
• Reinforces instructional/behavioral objectives.
• Provides clerical assistance to maintaining student records (charting, assignments, attendance, data for progress notes).
• Assists with the supervision of students during recess, lunchroom, and on the playground.
• Maintain confidentiality of students and their families.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Starting at $18.42 per hour.

Pay Day:
Last working day of each month, based on the payroll cutoff schedule.

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 7:30 am to 3:00 pm with a 30‑minute unpaid break. Wednesday: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm with a 30‑minute unpaid break.

0.9 FTE, 36 hours per week, 9 months.

Benefits (only for positions 20 hours per week or more).

• Jaclyn Pesicka, Principal
• Horace Mann - Bridges Elementary
• Email:
  Jaclyn.
  
  Pesicka.us