Special Education Teacher Aide - Life Skills Classroom - Part TIme

Up to 29.5 hours per week, voucher position, no benefits.

Responsibilities

• Provides instructional support to special education teacher.
• Assists in teaching daily living skills, social skills, leisure-time activity skills, specific self-help skills, community access and mobility skills.
• Ability to lift 45 pounds.
• Encourages and reinforces students, building self-image and helping them to be responsible.
• Assists the teacher with student behavior management.
• Provides instruction to students, under direction of special education teacher.
• Assists teacher with clerical duties.
• Accompanies students to mainstream classes, supervising and assisting during class and times between classes.
• Assists students with feeding, personal hygiene, toileting, diapering, changing clothes, etc. (can require the lifting, positioning and carrying of students).
• Assists students with group and club participation during school hours.
• Assists in planning and supervising field trips and other off-campus activities.
• Follows teacher's program when working with students.
• Tracks student progress.
• Collects student behavioral data.
• Consistently follows behavior system and classroom management program.
• Tutors students in small groups with basic reading and math skills.
• Maintains positive working relationships with students and staff.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Associate Degree, 48 semester hours of college credit, or must have passed the Para-Pro Test (or be willing to take and pass the Para-Pro Test immediately upon hire).
• Successful experience working with children at risk.
• Successful experience as an at-risk teaching assistant.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.

Pay

As per District Salary Schedule.

Schedule

Beginning 2026/2027 school year.