SPECIAL EDUCATION ASSISTANT (2356)

About the role

Performs a variety of responsible and specialized tasks in the physical care and classroom instruction of students with disabilities; and assists students with disabilities in meeting the physical requirements of attending school.

Responsibilities

• Assists students upon arrival and departure at school and throughout the school day by repositioning in wheelchairs or other necessary appliances.
• Assists students with washing, feeding, toileting, and other personal care needs.
• Performs specialized physical health care services such as, suctioning, gastrostomy tube feeding, catheterization, oxygen administration and care of related equipment, and administers medication as directed.
• Provides basic emergency care as needed, including cardio pulmonary resuscitation or other life sustaining efforts until medical assistance arrives.
• Changes sheets and linens and prepares cots and beds for rest periods.
• Completes written accident or incident reports as needed.
• Communicates students' needs to the teacher.
• Cleans and maintains activity rooms, equipment, and utensils.
• Supervises students in physical and instructional activities providing assistance as directed by a teacher.
• Observes and reports on students' progress.
• Performs a variety of office clerical tasks such as typing and preparing dittos and stencils.
• Aids in administering, scoring, and maintaining records or tests.
• Performs related work as required.

Requirements

• Graduation from high school or G.E.D. equivalent.
• Licenses/Certificates: Incumbents must obtain a valid First Aid and CPR certificate within the designated probationary period for this classification.

Qualifications

• One year of experience working with handicapped individuals.
• Written and oral proficiency in a second language (desirable).

Skills

• Knowledge of personal needs and behavioral characteristics of students with disabilities.
• Special education materials, practices, concepts, and techniques.
• Record keeping principles and procedures.
• Classroom procedures and rules of conduct.
• Basic emergency, first aid, and health care techniques.
• Clerical practices and procedures.

Benefits

• Salary: Positions in this classification start at the fourth step of the salary range at $20.52 per hour.
• Substitute employees are paid a fixed hourly rate at the fourth step.
• Potential for higher rates upon successful completion of the probationary period (130 days of paid service) and may receive merit increases each year up to the maximum amount.

Pay

• Starting at the fourth step of the salary range at $20.52 per hour.

Schedule

• Part-time, 9.25 months per year, 6 hours per day.
• Permanent positions are Monday through Friday and include full benefits for the employee only.
• Both permanent and substitute assignments may be in any part of the district boundaries (Glendale, La Crescenta, or Montrose).