Special Education Aide / LifeSkills

Qualifications

• Education/Certification: High school diploma or GED
• Valid Texas educational aide certificate

Major Responsibilities And Duties

• Instructional Support
• Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays
• Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom
• Help with inventory, care, and maintenance of equipment
• Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports
• Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers
• Student Management
• Absorb students with physical disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting, or positioning
• Absorb students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene
• Help manage behavior of students, including 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
• Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom (including lunchroom, bus, and playground duty)
• Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students
• Other
• Maintain confidentiality
• Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned