Student Support Assistant (SPED) (PT)- 216

Salt Lake City School District•Salt Lake, UT

16h

About The Position

The Student Support Assistant – Special Education assists Special Education Teachers with supervising and supporting students with IEP goals and objectives related to self-sufficiency. The role provides one-on-one support for students who need assistance with independence, physical mobility, and skills for community living and stable relationships with peers and adults. It also includes clerical work and health-related procedures for medically fragile students in support of instruction. Care may include toileting, feeding, and dressing students. The position may require rolling, pushing, pulling, bending, reaching, stooping, and lifting up to 30 pounds. This is a part-time hourly position with an FTE of 0.7375, up to 29.5 hours per week. It is non-contract and non-exempt, reports to an Administrative Designee, and has a starting wage of $17.50 per hour. Benefits are not available. The anticipated start date is November 9, 2026.

Requirements

High school diploma or recognized equivalent.
Knowledge of age-appropriate activities, child-development stages, classroom management techniques, and effective lesson planning.
Hold or obtain a First Aid Certificate.
Complete Safety Care Training.
Attend annual Health Services Training.
Ability to perform basic math, including calculations using fractions, percentages, and ratios.
Ability to administer first aid.
Ability to speak, read, write, analyze, understand, and follow written and verbal English communication, including grammar and punctuation, and to understand information presented verbally or in writing.
Ability to maintain composure and patience in challenging situations.
Ability to use basic office equipment, including a phone, copier, scanner, and fax machine, and Microsoft Office.
Understanding of IEP concepts for Special Education Learning.
Selected candidates must be fingerprinted and successfully pass a criminal background check.
Ability to perform physical tasks that may include rolling, pushing, pulling, bending, reaching, stooping, and lifting up to 30 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with students or children.
Experience in a K-12 special education or public employment environment.
Spanish or other language proficiency, including the ability to read, write, speak, and understand the language.

Responsibilities

Assist students with personal care and daily living activities, including toileting, diapering, feeding, catheterizations, urinals, and preparing special dietary foods.
Implement student self-care programs under teacher supervision, following IEP goals and objectives related to hygiene, impulse control, communication, relationships, mobility, toileting, eating, and dressing.
Implement specialized health care procedures and provide assistance to medically fragile children, which may include tracheotomy suctioning, blood glucose testing, colostomy care, and respiratory assistance.
Help students get off the bus; reposition and transfer students to and from wheelchairs, walkers, lifts, and other equipment.
Provide one-on-one support and monitor individual students and small groups in settings such as classrooms, buses, field trips, playgrounds, and lunchrooms to maintain a safe and positive learning environment.
Operate physical education equipment and support playground activities using standardized methods.
Collect student data under teacher guidance to monitor progress toward IEP goals, including observations about behavior and daily living and community-living skills.
Perform record-keeping and clerical tasks and maintain accurate records, including preparing classroom materials and displays, copying, and collecting and grading papers.
Prepare written and audiovisual materials in prescribed formats, including daily logs, observations, and lesson materials.
Communicate effectively and confidentially with diverse individuals and groups, respond to staff inquiries, and build positive working relationships with employees and stakeholders.
Participate in assigned meetings, workshops, and seminars; read manuals and present information to others.
Manage time and priorities, process detailed information accurately, meet deadlines, identify issues, and develop action plans for problem-solving.
Adapt to changing priorities and frequent interruptions and collaborate with other work units to support a team environment.
Maintain regular and predictable attendance and perform other related duties as assigned.