Special Education Assistant

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED
• Sufficient experience so that with appropriate training, service may be provided in the specific role for which employed
• Ability to work under the supervision of the classroom teacher

Job Overview

Attends to the personal needs of the disabled student.

Responsibilities

• Helps students to walk, board buses, put on prosthetic appliances, eat, dress, and perform other physical activities as their needs arise
• Assists with student management
• Provides clerical assistance to teachers
• Sets up and operates learning/development equipment and materials
• Tutors students
• Assumes responsibility for knowing and following the safety rules and proper procedures associated with the responsibilities of the job
• Regards information on student records and, in the school setting, as strictly confidential
• Participates in Restraint / De-escalation training provided by the district
• Performs other duties as assigned