ISS Aide-In-School Suspension Aide (2026-2027 School Year)

Job Summary

To assure the smooth and efficient operation of the In-School Suspension Program; which is a program designed as an alternative to Out-of-school Suspension. The goal is for students to remain in the school setting, and isolated from sources of disruption.

Essential Duties

• Maintain accurate records and files on each student's assignments and assume responsibility to acquiring this information.
• Provide a short written and/or oral communication to teachers about the students' activities while in ISS.
• Develop several work assignments for students who complete their regular assignments before time completion.
• Tutor students when needed and check quality of their completed assignments.
• In the event that no students are assigned to the In-School-Suspension Program, the administration may utilize the aide in areas they deem necessary.
• Report any problems to the administration.

Job Specifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required)

• Must meet the requirements for a paraprofessional which includes one of the following: Minimum of 60 college credit hours or an Associate's Degree or Paraprofessional certificate (minimum score of 456 on the exam).
• Demonstrated competence for assigned responsibility.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Physical Requirements

• Regularly required to stand and reach with hands and arms; walk; sit; stoop or kneel; crouch or crawl.
• Frequently lift or move up to 40 pounds.
• Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to focus.
• Sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Manual dexterity for the purpose of using a telephone and data entry.
• Read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids.
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels and on the telephone.
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in person and on the telephone.
• Physically capable of frequently lifting or moving up to 40 pounds.
• May need to physically restrain students to ensure their safety and the safety of others.
• District will provide Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training/certification.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment.
• Duties may be conducted in work-related community settings and/or occasionally performed on study trips away from the school.