Aide - SPED - Structured Life Skills

Katy ISD • Katy, TX

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About The Position

Provides clerical and student-care assistance as assigned, supporting special education teachers and students with disabilities. The aide assists with instruction, student progress data and confidential records, self-care, behavior strategies, assistive technology, and activities specified in student IEPs under the classroom teacher’s supervision. The role may include personal care, non-medical procedures such as tube feeding, and other SHARS duties as assigned.

The position requires maintaining emotional control under stress and working with frequent interruptions. Work involves moderate standing, stooping, kneeling, pushing, and pulling; regular heavy lifting of students; moving classroom and adaptive equipment; and potentially lifting or positioning students with physical disabilities, controlling behavior through physical restraint, and assisting non-ambulatory students. The aide may be exposed to biological hazards, body fluids, communicable diseases, chemical hazards, and noise.

Requirements

• For a Title I campus: at least 48 college hours or a score of 464 on the ParaPro test.
• For a non-Title I campus: 15 college hours or a high school diploma or GED, with a passing score of 464 on the ParaPro test.
• Ability to communicate and work with students with disabilities.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships.
• Minimum clerical skills.
• Good physical and emotional condition.
• Ability to work with confidential material and student records.
• Paraprofessional Educational Aide II certificate required once employed.
• CPI certification required once employed.

Responsibilities

• Assist special education teachers in implementing instructional programs for students.
• Assist in collecting data and maintaining confidential student records and charts used to determine student progress.
• Assist students with self-care, including toileting, bathing, and feeding.
• Help implement activities recommended by support and related service personnel.
• Help implement behavior intervention strategies.
• Help implement recommended assistive technology devices to support student programming.
• Carry out activities described in each student’s IEP under the supervision of the classroom teacher.
• Assist teachers in preparing and duplicating instructional materials.
• Help maintain and clean equipment needed for student programs.
• Assist with non-medical procedures, such as tube feeding, and other interventions as necessary.
• Assist all students in special education as needed.
• Perform other SHARS duties as assigned.
• Provide personal care identified in applicable student IEPs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED