Job Description

JOB TITLE: 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:

Education:

• 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 follow verbal and written instructions

• Ability to maintain confidentiality issues

• Ability to maintain a schedule

Experience

• Previous work experience with behavioral children

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

1. Assist teacher in routine classroom management duties
2. Assist in preparing instructional materials
3. Assist in maintaining classroom environment and supplies
4. Assist students in homework preparation, test taking
5. Modify teacher's assignments, tests, and other instructional entities
6. Maintain records, files and other pertinent documents on each student
7. Communicate students' needs to faculty and staff
8. Assist in maintaining a safe environment for students, faculty, staff
9. Assist in implementing student's behavior management plan
10. Assist in the loading and unloading of the school buses
11. Participate in the activities involved with physical education classes
12. Assist with individual student's personal hygiene needs
13. Feed or assist students in feeding themselves
14. Lift, move, and position students in a variety of settings
15. Be aware of student's various medical concerns
16. Escort students to different locations in the building
17. Monitor students during various activities during the school day
18. Be able to work with any student as determined by the student's I.E.P.
19. File various documents in students' folders
20. Assist in orienting students to class schedule each semester
21. Obtain any necessary textbooks for different programs
22. 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