Elementary School: Aide Special Education Behavior Support Services (BSS) 2026-2027

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Service Delivery
• Aid in providing consistent expectations and routines to facilitate a highly structured environment
• Utilize research-based Positive Behavior Support strategies to promote and maintain classroom management and therapeutic rapport with students
• Assist in implementing the Behavior Support Services Critical Elements as designated by the Program Manager
• Assist in implementing academic/functional lessons and instructional activities for multiple grade levels of students in a variety of settings
• Maintain a collaborative working relationship with student and school personnel
• Execute behavioral strategies as identified by the teacher based upon ARD documentation
• Absorb and analyze data in the areas of academics, behavior, social and self-care service to monitor progress towards IEP goals and objectives
• Absorb and execute personal care services for students - may be more than 50% of the day
• Understand and implement lesson plans prepared by teachers that are developmentally and age-appropriate based on the student IEP, through necessary accommodations and modifications
• Collaborate under the guidance and direction of the classroom teacher with general education teachers to align lesson plans to the general education curriculum
• Prepare and organize behavioral and instructional materials under the guidance and direction of the classroom teacher
• Conduct daily social skills training through research-based social skills curriculum under the guidance and direction of the classroom teacher
• Monitor student behaviors inside and outside both the general and special education classrooms (e.g., during class, in the hallways between classes, during assemblies, extracurricular activity meetings or events, fire drills or other group activities)
• Absorb and execute personal care services (e.g. feeding, cleaning, dressing, lifting, positioning, transitioning, toileting, changing) - may be more than 50% of the work day
• Compliance
• Safeguard confidentiality with regard to students with disabilities in the areas of behavioral and academic performance
• Record service implementation on approved logs (inclusive support, accommodation logs)
• Conduct instructional and other professional activities consistent with the requirements of state and federal law
• Teacher Support
• Maintain effective and timely written and oral communication with staff or other school personnel
• Maintain regular communication with students and appropriate staff members
• Participate in appropriate professional development

Qualification Requirements

• Minimum of 48 college hours or passing score on the Para Professional Assessment of Knowledge Texas Educational Aide Certification preferred or required to obtain once hired
• De-Escalation/Restraint Certification preferred or required to obtain once hired (district-provided training)
• Proficient in using Windows Operating System as well as Microsoft Office applications (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
• Ability to effectively communicate information and ideas both verbally and in writing

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

• Work is performed in classrooms, offices, work stations and meeting rooms
• The position requires occasional walking, standing, sitting, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting/carrying work related items weighing less than 40 pounds, such as books, papers and presentation materials
• The employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus
• Work involves everyday risks and discomforts which require normal safety precautions when operating equipment or performing job duties
• May work prolonged or irregular hours and must be able to maintain emotional control under stress