Special Education Assistant II (Autism Base) -Hollymead Elementary School 2026-27 School Year

Albemarle County Public Schools•Charlottesville, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Special Education Assistant II provides support to the instructional program with specific responsibility for assisting in the supervision, care, and instruction of students with special needs. This role involves assisting in implementing instructional plans, monitoring student behavior, documenting activities and progress, and supporting students' IEP goals. The assistant will provide extended classroom support and follow-up for students receiving special services, monitor and model evidence-based behavior intervention strategies, help with data collection and analysis, and communicate with the special education teacher or behavior specialist regarding student needs. The Special Education Assistant II acts as a resource for equitable opportunities for students with challenging behaviors, maintaining interventions with existing school supports and streamlining the shift of responsibility to school staff. This role provides para-professional, clerical, and human support to the classroom teacher in managing and instructing special education students, performing related tasks as required and directed. Work is performed under the direction of the classroom teacher, but the aide may independently carry out aspects of the instructional program, including activities outside the normal school facility.

Requirements

High school graduate or hold equivalence of a high school diploma.
Willing to seek and maintain CPR certification.
Ability to develop and maintain an empathetic attitude toward disabled/handicapped students.
Willing to learn specialized instructional/management techniques employed with disabled/handicapped students.
Ability to communicate and develop effective working relationships with students, parents, and staff.
Basic keyboard and filing training.
Possession of an equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position.
Knowledge of universal hygiene precautions.
Dexterity of hands and fingers to assist/restrain students and operate specialized equipment or office equipment.
Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time.
Ability to bend at the waist, kneel, or crouch to assist students.
Ability to see to read a variety of materials and monitor student activities.
Ability to hear and speak to exchange information.
Ability to reach overhead, above the shoulders, and horizontally.
Ability to lift or move children from wheelchairs to tables or desks.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a school division where students are engaged in authentic, challenging, and relevant learning experiences.
Experience working in a team environment to end the predictive value of race, class, gender, and special capacities for children's success.
Experience building relationships with families and communities to ensure every student succeeds.
Experience working in a school division with an Anti-Racism policy.
Experience supporting students with special needs.
Experience implementing plans for instruction.
Experience monitoring student behavior.
Experience documenting activities and progress.
Experience supporting students’ IEP goals.
Experience providing extended classroom support and follow-up for students who receive special services.
Experience monitoring and modeling evidence/research-based behavior intervention strategies.
Experience with data collection and analysis.
Experience communicating with special education teachers and/or behavior specialists.
Experience being a resource for equitable opportunities for students with challenging behaviors.
Experience maintaining interventions with existing supports in the school.
Experience streamlining the shift of responsibility to school staff.
Experience providing para-professional, clerical, and human support.
Experience assisting the classroom teacher in the management and instruction of special education students.
Experience procuring, setting up, and operating audio-visual equipment.
Experience assisting in the development and implementation of individual student schedules, sensory programs, sensory activities, motor group activities, discrete trial drills, and/or student behavior management plans.
Experience creating alternative activities for independent work based on teacher-directed activities.
Experience assisting in the coordination of school and home supports and work tasks.
Experience assisting with data collection and facilitating accommodations.
Experience communicating effectively with special education teachers.
Experience demonstrating cooperation, openness for growth, and willingness to contribute to a team approach.
Experience assisting in the maintenance of students' records, collection of lunch monies, and related instructional activities.
Experience monitoring student's attendance, behavior, and suspension data.
Experience performing clerical duties such as typing, filing, and duplicating.
Experience providing direct support to staff by introducing and modeling research/evidence-based interventions.
Experience providing direct support to students by teaching and modeling research/evidence-based interventions and curriculum.
Experience coordinating with Specialists and school staff to implement behavior curriculum.
Experience providing transition plans and support for students moving from one educational setting to another.
Experience coordinating with Specialists and school staff to develop effective intervention plans.
Experience coordinating with Specialists and school staff to develop crisis/safety plans.
Experience providing interventions to enable students to remain in school and/or help stabilize them.
Experience supervising and training students in the lunchroom or during lunch period.
Experience supervising and training students during free time and other non-instructional periods.
Experience maintaining a notebook with weekly behavior logs, behavior intervention plans with progress notes, social skills lesson plans, social stories, incident reports, office referrals, and logs of communication with school staff, family, and outside agencies.
Experience assisting students with daily living skills (i.e. toileting, feeding, diaper changes, positioning of students, etc.).
Experience assisting with deregulated students.
Experience participating in team meetings.
Experience assisting with medical-related duties, i.e. catheterization, gastrointestinal feedings, assistive breathing devices, colostomy, and ileostomy needs.
Experience assisting with carry-over of related services, i.e., Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech, Adapted Physical Education, and Vision.
Experience performing other duties as assigned by classroom teacher or principal.
Experience working within various degrees of noise, temperature, and air quality.
Experience handling interruptions of work.
Experience with both inside and outside duties.
Experience being self-motivated and able to complete job assignments.
Experience working under stressful conditions.
Experience with physical and emotional outbursts by students, including such behaviors as hitting, kicking, spitting, scratching, and biting.

Responsibilities

Develops and maintains a pleasant and orderly classroom environment, including maintaining instructional materials, designing bulletin boards, and assisting with clean-up activities.
Assists students in completing learning tasks assigned by classroom teachers.
Leads and/or facilitates teaching of individuals in 1:1, small group, or whole class instruction.
Carries out instructional plans as designated by the classroom teacher and, if appropriate, the student's Individual Educational Plan (IEP).
Maintains student training data according to prescribed procedures.
Assists individual students as necessary to follow routines, directions, individual schedules, and/or complete tasks, strictly adhering to daily schedules and systematically accounting for the student's IEP.
Procures, sets up, and operates audio-visual equipment.
Assists in the development and implementation of individual student schedules, sensory programs and activities, motor group activities, discrete trial drills, and/or student behavior management plans.
Creates alternative activities for independent work based on teacher-directed activities.
Assists in the coordination of school and home supports and work tasks.
Assists with data collection and facilitating accommodations as required by the classroom teacher or supervisor.
Communicates effectively with the special education teacher to help facilitate students' IEP goals.
Demonstrates cooperation, openness for growth, and willingness to contribute to a team approach to the educational program.
Under the supervision of the classroom teacher and/or building principal, assists in the maintenance of students' records, collection of lunch monies, and related instructional activities (e.g., field trips, library, assembly, etc.) as directed.
Monitors student attendance, behavior, and suspension data.
Performs clerical duties such as typing, filing, and duplicating at the direction of the classroom teacher.
Provides direct support to staff by introducing and modeling research/evidence-based interventions.
Provides direct support to students by teaching and modeling research/evidence-based interventions and curriculum.
Coordinates with Specialists and school staff to implement behavior curriculum.
Provides transition plans and support for students moving from one educational setting to another.
Coordinates with Specialists and school staff to develop effective intervention plans.
Coordinates with Specialists and school staff to develop crisis/safety plans.
Provides interventions to enable students to remain in school and/or help stabilize them.
Supervises and trains students in the lunchroom or during lunch period.
Supervises and trains students during free time and other non-instructional periods as directed by the classroom teacher.
Maintains a notebook with weekly behavior logs, behavior intervention plans with progress notes, social skills lesson plans, incident reports, office referrals, and logs of communication with school staff, family, and outside agencies.
Assists students with daily living skills (e.g., toileting, feeding, diaper changes, positioning of students).
Assists with deregulated students.
Participates in team meetings.
Assists with medical-related duties, such as catheterization, gastrointestinal feedings, assistive breathing devices, colostomy, and ileostomy needs.
Assists with carry-over of related services, such as Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech, Adapted Physical Education, and Vision.
Performs other duties as assigned by the classroom teacher or principal.