Special Education Teacher Aide (SY26-27)

Description

Mission Statement:

Uplift's mission is to create and sustain public schools of excellence that empower each student to reach their highest potential in college and the global marketplace and that inspire in students a life-long love of learning, achievement, and service in order to positively change their world.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare educational materials and displays for the classroom with the assistance of the classroom teacher.
• Aid in keeping the classroom neat and orderly.
• Aid in handling administrative records and reports.
• Help substitute teachers with classroom layout, or other pertinent classroom management.
• Aid in inventory, care and maintenance of equipment.
• Aid in small group or individual learning activities as designed and assigned by the teacher.
• Help physically disabled students, students with physical needs and personal care according to their needs, including but not limited to, transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting or positioning, feedings, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
• Aid in student behavior management; This includes handling crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous students as needed.
• Take interest in and responsibility for learning and conforming to each student's special medical, physical, communicative and emotional needs.
• Avoid oversight of students throughout the school day, inside and outside classroom, lunchroom, bus and playground duty.
• Advise the teacher on special needs or problems of individual students.
• Ensure confidentiality.
• Enhance job skills by participating with staff development programs, as assigned.
• Be active in faculty meetings and special events as assigned.
• Maintain accurate Time & Effort documentation of program activities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position does not have any supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Valid Texas Educational Aide Certificate or ability to obtain one.
• Experience working with children.
• Capable of working with children with disabilities.

Starting Pay

$19.80/hr