TIRE Itinerant Special Education Aide TIRE - Temporary Itinerant Regular

Aide II, III, IV, Autism Mentor, Paraprofessional

The Aide assists the teacher(s) in a variety of ways to implement the instructional program including working directly with children in small groups or on a one-to-one basis; to provide general assistance to students assigned to the classroom; to help motivate students to provide a good educational foundation, in accordance with each pupil's ability. The School Bus Monitor Aide assists with the supervision of student bus passengers, including securing student passengers in the provided types of restraint.

Performance responsibilities include maintaining regular attendance, maintaining a neat and orderly work area, assisting teacher as needed with planning, preparation, and distribution of classroom materials, conducting learning games with students according to established procedures, effectively addressing unforeseen crises associated with working with large groups of children, assisting with supervision and instruction of children, providing individualized and small-group instruction to reinforce skills that have taught by the teacher, assisting with supervision of student passengers on buses and maintaining a safe traveling environment, assisting in implementing lessons based on school objectives and needs and abilities of students, providing small-group or individualized instruction to reinforce skills that have taught by the teacher, complying with KCS policies, assisting teachers in the supervision of children in the classroom and other locations in the school, participating in bus duty, hall supervision, lunchroom duty, playground duty and other duties assigned by the principal or building supervisor, receiving permission from building principal/supervisor to work in excess of 40 hours per week, attending in-services and workshops as directed, participation in and implementation of specialized training, including CPR, First Aide, Passive Restraint, Behavior management;

etc. Administration of medication to Special Education and Regular Education Students in accordance with West Virginia Code 18-5-22. Following all safety rules and regulations and using prescribed personal protective equipment. Maintaining confidentiality. Continuously improving processes.

Qualifications include a high school diploma or equivalent, criminal background check conducted pursuant to WV Code 18-5-15c, meeting the definition of "Qualifications" in WV Code 18A-4-8b, demonstrated competency, pursuant to WV Code 18A-4-8e (state-approved competency test) as required. Aide II means those service personnel selected and trained as a teacher aide in such area of responsibility as monitor aide, clerical aide, classroom aide or general aide.

Only personnel classified in an Aide II class title may be employed as an aide in any special education program. Aide III means those personnel referred to in the Aide I classification who hold a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and have completed six semester hours of college credit at an institution of higher education or are employed as an aide in a special education program and have one year's experience as an aide in special education;
Aide IV means personnel referred to in the Aide I classification who hold a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and who have completed eighteen hours of state board-approved college credit at a regionally accredited institution of higher education or who have completed fifteen hours of higher education and successfully completed an in-service training program determined by the state board to be the equivalent of three hours of college credit.

Autism Mentor meets the qualifications of Aide III, has successfully completed the staff development as determined by the West Virginia Department of Education and has two years of experience working with autism students. Paraprofessional means a person certified pursuant to section two-a [18A-3-2a], article three of this chapter to perform duties in a support capacity including, but not limited to, facilitating in the instruction and direct and indirect supervision of students under the direction of a principal, a teacher or another designated professional educator and has completed thirty-six semester hours of post-secondary education or its equivalent in subjects directly related to performance of the paraprofessional job and as approved by the West Virginia State Board of Education in Policy 5202.

(Pursuant to WV Code 18A-4-8). ECCAT means a person certified through the WVDE as a temporary or permanent Early Childhood Classroom Assistant Teacher. Pursuant to Policy 5202, upon acceptance of an ECCAT position, ECCAT Aides must apply for Temporary ECCAT Status and complete specified ECCAT courses through the WV Dept. of Education within a 3-year period of time.

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from administrators, staff and the general public. Ability to add, subtract,…