Chief Sealth Int'l High - Special Education Assistant 1-1 (Focus) - 1.0 FTE

About the role

This position is a 1-on-1 Special Education Instructional Assistant for a student assigned to the Focus service pathway.

To learn more about our special education service pathways, please follow this link to the SPS Special Education Department website: SPS Special Education Department website.

Responsibilities

• Aid in student transfers to and from the bus.
• Accompany student throughout the day as he attends his gen ed. classes.
• Support hallway transitions for safety and help student manage belongings.
• Model and prompt use of talker for conversation and to elicit responses for academic participation.
• Read materials aloud to student, record pages in reading log, and take notes/record responses in his notebooks across all classes.
• Follow teacher-directed lessons in the gen ed setting and provide student with modifications for expressing his understanding.
• Scribe for student for notetaking and completing school work.
• Provide physical prompting and guided movement during P.E. and other activities as needed.
• Assist student with operating laptop using adaptive programs to complete school assignments.
• Provide direct support for bathrooming and changing clothes and/or incontinence underwear.
• Provide direct support at mealtimes.
• Collaborate with case manager and Gen. Ed. Teachers to develop modifications for school work.

Qualifications

• Experience working with students with complex needs, non-verbal communication, or significant physical supports (preferred).
• Training or comfort with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices/talkers.
• Ability to perform physical assistance including transfers, toileting support, and guided movement.
• Patient, flexible, strong observational and note-taking skills, and ability to follow detailed routines.
• Basic computer literacy to log into student account and operate school programs.
• Able to assist with guiding a student who may occasionally use a wheelchair and needs assistance with dressing and toileting.

Skills

• Adapting classroom activities and assignments.
• Administering tests, homework, grades papers, folders, etc.
• Administering first aid and medical assistance.
• Maintaining instructional materials and/or student files/records.
• Maintaining instructional materials and/or student files/records.
• Monitoring students during assigned periods within a variety of school environments.
• Leading, guiding, and/or coordinating others.
• Operating standard office equipment including using pertinent software applications.
• Preparing and maintaining accurate records.
• Utilizing job-related equipment.

Benefits

The job of Special Education Assistant/ISE-203 is done for the purpose/s of assisting in the supervision, care and instruction of special needs students in the regular classroom or in a self-contained classroom; assisting in implementing plans for instruction; monitoring student behavior during non-classroom time; providing information to appropriate school personnel; and attending IEP meetings.

Special Education Assistant job duties vary according to the school/program needs, i.e., generalist, severe/profound, behavior disorder, hearing impaired, autism, etc.

Pay

Salary Schedule Please find the salary schedule associated with this role and others like it HERE.

Schedule

Salary Schedule Please find the salary schedule associated with this role and others like it HERE.