Special Education Paraeducator Aide 2 1:1 (27.5 hrs./wk., 180 days)

About the role

Works in a special education classroom assisting teaching staff in a variety of instructional activities. Assists teachers in special education classrooms and provides individual or group assistance depending on student or class's functional living and academic skills and/or behavioral support needed. Can also provide attendant services to students with various intellectual and/or physical disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Aid in boarding and de-boarding buses before and after school
• Assist students in reaching proper locations in school
• Accompany students into general education classrooms
• Provide attendant services (diapering, toileting, washing faces, etc.) to students as needed
• Support instruction in proper health and hygiene habits
• Perform delegated procedures such as clean intermittent catheterization, provide emergency and first aid care as necessary
• Move students weighing 50-80 pounds, daily and repetitively
• Follow proper safety procedures
• Prepare and help feed students as needed
• Support instruction in functional life skills
• Realize individual needs of students with intellectual, physical and/or behavioral disabilities and modify general education classroom assignments occasionally
• Follow behavior plans as outlined in students' IEP's
• Use positive behavior management techniques
• Assist with lesson assignments
• Reinforce learning concepts to students
• Maintain discipline and order on the playground, lunchroom, library and classrooms
• Accompany students on field trips
• Arrange and adjust wheelchairs, oxygen hoses and other equipment as needed
• Communicate with special education teachers about concerns and/or observations of students
• Assist in maintaining bulletin boards in the classroom
• May assist children with medication when trained
• Assist in the operation of classroom equipment or students' assistive technology devices
• Assist in recording student progress towards goals and developing instructional materials and preparing graphs and charts
• Assist in modifying the general education curriculum
• Participate in district training programs when requested and receive training in and implement non-violent behavioral intervention procedures
• Maintain confidentiality regarding student information and records

Requirements

Highly qualified, under supervision, works in a special education classroom assisting teaching staff in a variety of instructional activities. Must be able to perform tasks such as moving students weighing 50-80 pounds, daily and repetitively, and follow proper safety procedures.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Valid Nevada Driver’s License
• Current CPR and First Aid Certification
• Knowledge of special education principles and practices
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to adapt to changing situations and handle emergencies

Skills

• Positive behavior management techniques
• Communication skills
• Ability to work with individuals with various intellectual and/or physical disabilities
• Ability to follow behavior plans as outlined in students' IEP's
• Ability to modify general education classroom assignments occasionally
• Ability to prepare and help feed students as needed
• Ability to assist with lesson assignments
• Ability to reinforce learning concepts to students
• Ability to maintain discipline and order on the playground, lunchroom, library and classrooms
• Ability to communicate with special education teachers about concerns and/or observations of students
• Ability to assist in maintaining bulletin boards in the classroom
• Ability to assist children with medication when trained
• Ability to assist in the operation of classroom equipment or students' assistive technology devices
• Ability to assist in recording student progress towards goals and developing instructional materials and preparing graphs and charts
• Ability to assist in modifying the general education curriculum
• Ability to participate in district training programs when requested and receive training in and implement non-violent behavioral intervention procedures

Benefits

Flexible schedule, professional development opportunities, and a supportive team environment.

Pay

$17.00 per hour

Schedule

Variable, based on student needs and program requirements.