Aide - SPED - CANS

Waller Independent School District Holleman Elementary School
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Waller Independent School District Holleman Elementary School
- Waller, Texas Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Waller Independent School District

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Title: Paraprofessional-Specialized Services

Wage/Hour Status: Non-Exempt

Reports to: Principal

Pay Grade: CP3

Dept./School: Assigned Campus

Date Revised: 09/12/2024

Annual Work Days Scheduled: 187

SALARY / WORK DAYS:

Hourly pay range minimum is $15.63; pay based upon experience; will work 7.5 hours daily, normally work 187 days annually

Provide support to special education students, under the supervision of a special education teacher, who receive services through the ISET, RESET, SAILS, CANS, and/or ECSE programs. Assists with the physical, social, emotional, and instructional needs of students with disabilities in a special and/or general education setting. Students receiving these services may require specialized and intensive academic and behavioral instruction within a special education setting with a continued focus on supporting student skill development to enable them to successfully transition into general education settings.

ECSE provides educational and support services for children 3 to 5 with identified delays in one or more of the five developmental areas. RESET is designed to be a preventative continuum of support for students with social, emotional and behavior needs within inclusive and/or special education settings. ISET is designed to support students who have significant social, emotional, and behavioral needs.

CANS and SAILS are designed for students K-12 who have significant cognitive, adaptive behavior, social, communication, and curriculum access needs.

Education/Certification:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Valid Texas Education Aide Certification Preferred

Special Knowledge/

Skills:

• Ability to work well with children with disabilities
• Ability to follow verbal and written directives
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Bilingual (preferred)

Experience:

• Two years experience working with children

• Help meet the individual needs of students, including transferring them to and from wheelchairs, lifting and positioning them, and signing or interpreting instructions for them, etc.
• Help students take care of physical needs and personal care including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
• Help manage the behavior of assigned students. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed.
• Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
• Work with assigned students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by the teacher.
• Assist in supervising students throughout the day; inside and outside the classroom; in the cafeteria, in the hallway, at the drop-off/pick-up line and bus stop, on the bus, on the playground, on field trips; before and after school hours when in the school’s care; and at other times and locations as assigned.
• Keep teachers informed of special needs or problems of assigned students.

• Adapt instructional materials under the direction of the teacher
• Work one-one-one and/or in small groups as directed by the teacher
• Collect data regarding student progress
• Assist teacher in preparing instructional materials and classroom displays.
• Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom.
• Help with inventory, care and maintenance of equipment.
• Help teacher keep administrative records and prepared required reports
• Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers.

• Maintain confidentiality.

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General Employee Requirements:

• Quality of Work – complete assignments meeting quality standards, to include accuracy, neatness,…