Part Time Special Education Assistant - East Elementary

About the role

We want you to join our team and help to make a difference in the lives of students and families in your community! The Iron County School District supports families in developing college and career readiness by BUILDING knowledge, skills and relationships for ALL. Empowering ALL to learn at high‑levels through systematic district and school‑wide supports. East Elementary School is seeking a Part Time Special Education Assistant to work 27.5 hours per week. The Part Time Special Education Assistant works under general supervision of the school Principal and school Special Education Educators, this employee will assist and support the special education process at the school.

Responsibilities

• Varied IEP file tasks
• Contact with students, parents, and others
• Exercise considerable independence and judgment in performing tasks
• Create and manage timelines to meet compliance requirements
• Manage timelines with relevant staff members
• Collect and compile student data, ensuring student privacy is maintained
• Write and edit various types of documents, including procedural documentation
• Create or work with graphic designers to create diagrams, charts, and other visual aids to assist readers in understanding reports
• Create and manage the special education calendar of meetings
• Ensure meeting calendar meets relevant deadlines
• Set up meetings, communicate with all attendees
• Answer and screen telephone calls to provide information, take messages, or transfer calls
• Locate and attach appropriate files to correspondence when needed
• Coordinate and arrange meetings, prepare agendas, reserve and prepare facilities, and record and transcribe minutes of meetings
• Design and organize filing systems; act as custodian of records
• Assist students, as necessary, with emergency, medical, hygienic, and illness issues by reviewing and following medical record information, administering minor first aid, and contacting parents or professional medical personnel
• Maintain and prepare information needed for Special Education File Compliance
• Obtain student IEP information by calling other schools, professional agencies, and parents to request necessary and pertinent information
• Study new regulations and apply them in preparing reports and maintaining records
• Create and maintain database and spreadsheet files
• Assist with compiling and filing student Individual Education Plan files
• Assist in IEP file compliance to ensure deadlines are met and files meet requirements of IDEA
• Assist in composing or transcribing from rough draft correspondence, bulletins, memorandums, and other material

Requirements

• Basic computer knowledge
• Familiarity with Google Docs, Embrace, and checking email frequently
• Willingness to learn and use all computer systems and software as needed
• Regular, reliable, predictable attendance and job performance

Skills

• Ability to create and manage timelines for compliance
• Ability to collect and compile student data while maintaining privacy
• Skill in writing and editing procedural documents
• Ability to create or collaborate on diagrams, charts, and visual aids
• Proficiency in managing special education meeting calendars and meeting deadlines
• Skill in setting up meetings, communicating with attendees, preparing agendas, reserving facilities, and transcribing minutes
• Ability to answer and screen telephone calls, take messages, and transfer calls
• Skill in locating and attaching files to correspondence
• Ability to design and organize filing systems and act as records custodian
• Ability to assist students with emergency, medical, hygienic, and illness issues, including administering minor first aid
• Ability to maintain and prepare information for Special Education File Compliance
• Skill in obtaining IEP information from other schools, agencies, and parents
• Ability to study new regulations and apply them to reports and records
• Proficiency in creating and maintaining database and spreadsheet files
• Ability to assist with compiling and filing IEP files
• Ability to assist in IEP file compliance to meet IDEA requirements
• Ability to compose or transcribe from rough draft correspondence, bulletins, memorandums, and other material

Schedule

Part Time, 27.5 hours per week.