DEC - Student Specific Support Aide @ Hunter Huss High Career Academy

Gaston County Schools • Gastonia, NC

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The employee provides support to students who have health, behavioral, or instructional needs to meet Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals and have success in the curriculum and school environment. This position may require duties in one or more of the following areas: Behavior Support, Client Specific Personal Needs, Pre-Kindergarten Classes. Each area is considered an essential function.

Requirements

• High School diploma.
• Must have the auditory, visual, and physical skills necessary to manage students and the classroom in a manner that assures reasonable safety to students under supervision.
• Ability to constantly monitor the safety and well-being of students, particularly when a student is participating in an inclusive activity.
• Ability to maintain order and discipline in a classroom, following the teacher's classroom management protocols.
• Ability to maintain basic files and records for documentation.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships as necessitated by work assignments.
• General knowledge of daily routines of the classroom.
• General knowledge of student handbook rules.
• General knowledge of procedures to follow in the event of an emergency.
• General knowledge of methods of equipment and tools for children with special needs.
• General knowledge of the principles of organization and administration.
• Demonstrates ability to use sound judgment and confidentiality in approaching and working with sensitive and challenging students and situations, and the resulting information.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in child-care
• Prior experience with children and/or adults with special learning, behavior, or health-care needs

Responsibilities

• Performs specific student duties related to health, and behavior, including but not limited to: assistance in the bathroom, cafeteria, and classroom.
• Reports collected data to appropriate individuals, including administrators, teachers, parents, and other related service providers.
• Ensures appropriate interventions are monitored and maintained.
• Participates in staff development and training to gain knowledge of health, behavioral, or instructional procedures specific to the assigned students.
• Accompanies assigned students on all field trips.
• Monitors assigned students during extracurricular events as assigned.
• Accompanies assigned students on the bus as needed.
• Participates in school functions.
• Other duties as assigned related to supporting specific students who receive special education services.
• Provides support to the teacher of students who have behavioral needs and require intensive intervention in order to meet IEP (Individualized Education Program) goals and have success in the curriculum and school environment.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the stages of child development.
• Communicates effectively to develop positive relationships with school personnel and students.
• Assists teachers of exceptional children in the classroom and non-classroom settings to develop behavior management strategies and behavior intervention plans.
• Works individually on any task assigned.
• Model for teachers how to modify instruction/tasks when appropriate.
• Model for teachers how to implement strategies for positive behavior support to students with significant behavioral challenges.
• Implements strategies, techniques, and schedules for the specific student as determined by the IEP team, guided by the EC teacher.
• Provides data collection on the fidelity of implementation of the behavior intervention plan and the student response to the plan.
• Cares for child(ren) with disabilities involving lifting and supporting the student; attending to physical, personal, and medical needs.
• Assists in moving students around the campus.
• Performs student-specific health-related duties such as assisting students in the classroom, bathroom, and lunchroom on an as-needed basis.
• Meets the student when he/she arrives in the morning and remains with the student until the student’s school day ends on an as-needed basis.
• Rides the bus with the student as needed.
• Accompanies and monitors student(s) on field trips.
• Monitors the behavior and work habits of the student and will keep consistent data.
• Has the ability to communicate and work with the assigned student.
• Constantly monitors the behavior of students and employs strategies as necessary to protect students from injury; rewards good behavior; responds to inappropriate behavior as instructed by the teacher; supervises free time and situations where the classroom teacher is out of the room.
• Accompanies the assigned student to and from the bus; guides the student to their classrooms.
• Accompanies students to mainstreamed classrooms and assists as necessary.
• Assists students with toileting including diapering, if necessary.
• Maintains student confidentiality.
• Completes/Maintains criminal history check required by the Division of Child Development and Early Education.

Benefits

• Required health exam
• Criminal records check
• Drug test
• Random drug testing (as a safety sensitive position)
• Federally mandated childcare background check and fingerprints (if working with preschool children)

What This Job Offers

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