2026-2027: Instructional Aide - Special Education
About The Position
The Instructional Aide - Special Education assists with implementing services defined in students’ Individual Education Programs (IEPs) and helps provide a learning environment where students benefit from specially designed instruction, modifications, and accommodations, as evidenced by progress in the general curriculum. The position works under the guidance and supervision of certified teachers and supports students across school and community settings. Duties may include personal care, health-related services, mobility assistance, behavior support, and follow-up with therapy activities. The aide is expected to maintain confidentiality, demonstrate patience, and work cooperatively with staff. Employment is subject to state and national criminal history background checks and a child abuse/neglect check.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED and a passing score on the paraeducator exam, or an associate degree.
- Regular and punctual attendance.
- Ability to perform the duties described, including assisting with student personal care, health services, and mobility.
Responsibilities
- Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
- Perform clerical duties as directed by the teacher.
- Under the guidance of the certified teacher, prepare for classroom activities, deliver specially designed instruction, and help implement adaptations and modifications to the general curriculum for individual students in accordance with their IEPs.
- Assist the teacher in gathering and recording student progress data.
- Administer medication and provide other health services, such as tube feeding and catheterization, as instructed by a health professional.
- Under the supervision of the certified teacher, assist students with self-care, including diapering, toileting, bathing, and dressing.
- Assist students across settings, including the resource room, regular classroom, school building, and community.
- Maintain a patient attitude when assisting students in stressful situations.
- Assist students with mobility challenges, including lifting, positioning, and moving them for use of gross motor equipment and transfers to or from wheelchairs, changing tables, beds, and buses.
- Assist therapists, such as physical, occupational, and speech therapists, with therapy follow-up as instructed in consultation with the therapist and under the direction of the supervising teacher in accordance with the IEP.
- Help provide consistency in services and instruction and implement students’ IEP behavior-related goals, including behavior support and management plans.
- Assist in managing inappropriate or physically forceful student behavior, including implementing Safe Crisis Management when students may harm themselves or others.
- Maintain strict confidentiality concerning students, including their performance, conduct, activities, remarks, and personal information.
- Refer parent requests for information about their child to the teacher.
- Function as a cooperative team member and foster and maintain good working relationships throughout the building.
- Perform other tasks assigned by the supervising teacher or Principal.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
Associate degree
