Special Education Aide - Life Skills - Jr. Campus

SPECIAL EDUCATION AIDE - LIFE SKILLS - JR. HIGH CAMPUS

Poteet ISD Junior High - Poteet, Texas Open in Google Maps

Job : 5925425
Final date to receive applications: Sep 30, 2026 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time)
Posted: Sep 14, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Immediately

Poteet ISD is accepting application for Special Education Life Skills Teachers for the  school year.

Must have 48 college hours or the Treasuring Paraprofessionals Training.

Help meet physical and instructional needs of individual students with disabilities inside and outside classroom. Assist with the implementation of Individual Education Plans (IEP), including self-help, behavior management, and instruction programs. Work under general supervision of principal and immediate direction of certified teacher.

Education/Certification:

Meet NCLB requirements

Valid Texas educational aide certificate

Special Knowledge/

Skills:

• Ability to work with children with special needs and disabilities
• Capable of handling aggressive behavior
• Withstand extended periods of standing, stooping, bending, pushing and lifting 100+ pounds
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Knowledge of general office equipment

Experience:

• Experience working with children

• Help teacher prepare 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 prepare required reports.
• Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers.

• Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting, or positioning.
• Assist students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
• Help manage behavior of students. This includes intervening in crisis situations, with non-violent crisis techniques, 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 individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher.
• Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom. This includes lunchroom, bus, and playground duty.
• Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students.

• Maintain confidentiality.
• Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned.
• Follow established safety procedures & techniques.
• Other duties as assigned by administration.

Wheelchair lift, ramp, personal computer, copier, and audiovisual equipment.

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing, and pulling; regular heavy lifting of students. Biological exposure to bacteria and communicable diseases.

Position Type: Full-Time

• Deidra Carnes , Principal
• Junior High
• Phone:
• Email: dcarnes