2026-2027 Special Education Assistant

About the role

The Special Education Assistant supports teachers in various capacities within Coopertown Middle School's special education classrooms or as needed. This includes assisting with classroom activities, providing one-on-one tutoring, monitoring student behavior, and performing clerical tasks.

Responsibilities

• Assists teachers in classroom activities and projects
• Works with and assists students during class activities and projects
• Prepares instructional materials and sets up audio/visual equipment
• Administers and grades tests, evaluates student performance, and creates bulletin boards
• Tutors students in basic educational skills, utilizes computerized instruction programs, and assists with individual sports/exercising techniques
• Maintains order in cafeteria, auditorium, halls, and bus zones; monitors and mediates student behavior
• Performs clerical tasks such as entering and retrieving data, generating reports, copying, laminating, and distributing materials
• Performs miscellaneous tasks like checking students for illness, administering first aid, contacting parents, and assisting with dismissal
• Prepares and receives various documents and coordinates service/repair activities
• Operates various equipment and tools, and communicates with supervisors, employees, and other individuals as needed
• Assists with bus boarding and serving/feeding meals to students
• Performs specialized health care procedures and attends to basic health needs
• Supports students with social, hygiene, and prevocational skills

Requirements

Qualifications include a high school diploma, previous clerical and supervisory experience, and personal traits such as emotional stability, empathy, and respect for individuality. Good communication skills, ability to follow directions, and a love for working with young children are also important.

Skills

Essential skills include data utilization, human interaction, equipment/machinery/tool/materials utilization, verbal aptitude, mathematical aptitude, functional reasoning, situational reasoning, and physical ability.

Benefits

No specific benefits are mentioned in the job posting.

Pay

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Schedule

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