Aide, Life Skills- Willbern Elementary

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Experience working with children preferred.
• Flexible and able to adjust daily routine.
• Demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrate a professional appearance and attitude.
• Physically able to lift, carry, push, and pull 50 pounds or more.
• Competency on CFISD proficiency test (score of 70 or above on both parts).

Responsibilities

• Help teacher prepare and adapt instructional materials and classroom displays.
• Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom.
• Help with inventory, care, and maintenance of equipment, books, and supplies.
• Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports.
• Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers.
• Assist students with 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 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, playground duty, and travel to on-the-job training.
• Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students.
• May drive bus to and from on the job training and other activities (High school LIFE Skills only).
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned.
• Maintain reliable and regular attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the teacher, principal, or other school personnel supervisor.

Pay

• Base salary: $18,535.44 (IP 2) for the 2014‑2015 school year, as set by the Board of Trustees.
• Additional stipends: Adaptive Behavior aides +$1,000; LIFE Skills aides +$2,000; PPCD aides +$1,000; Resource/in‑class support aides (no extra stipend noted).

Schedule

187 days per school year.