Sped Aide BSS

DUTY DAYS: 185    PAY GRADE: C03    STARTING SALARY: $126.62/day

Primary Purpose

Provide support to identified students with disabilities who require additional support and supervision throughout the school day.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Valid Texas Educational Aide Certificate
• PAC Test / 48 College Hours
• Bilingual Test (if applicable)

Special Knowledge / Skills

• Ability to work with children who exhibit severe behavior challenges
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Ability to drive a motor vehicle
• Ability to read a map and navigate an automobile
• Basic computer and typing skills
• Time management skills
• Organizational skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality issues
• Ability to maintain a schedule

Experience

Previous work experience with behavioral children

Responsibilities

• Assist teacher in routine classroom management duties
• Assist in preparing instructional materials
• Assist in maintaining classroom environment and supplies
• Assist students in homework preparation, test taking
• Modify teacher's assignments, tests, and other instructional entities
• Maintain records, files and other pertinent documents on each student
• Communicate students' needs to faculty and staff
• Assist in maintaining a safe environment for students, faculty, staff
• Assist in implementing student's behavior management plan
• Assist in the loading and unloading of the school buses
• Participate in the activities involved with physical education classes
• Assist with individual student's personal hygiene needs
• Feed or assist students in feeding themselves
• Lift, move, and position students in a variety of settings
• Be aware of student's various medical concerns
• Escort students to different locations in the building
• Monitor students during various activities during the school day
• Be able to work with any student as determined by the student’s I.E.P.
• File various documents in students’ folders
• Assist in orienting students to class schedule each semester
• Obtain any necessary textbooks for different programs
• Perform other duties as determined by the special education teacher or the principal

Working Conditions

Mental Demands

• Ability to communicate verbally and written with students, faculty, staff, and community
• Ability to read and interpret written instructions
• Reading; ability to communicate effectively (verbal)
• Maintain emotional control under stress

Physical Demands / Environmental Factors

• Frequent standing, stooping, bending, and kneeling, pushing, and pulling
• Regular heavy lifting of students, equipment, and materials
• Biological exposure to bacteria and communicable diseases