Special Education Assistant

About the Employer

Job Summary

Position provides assistance to teachers in the daily instruction and care of eligible students with disabilities. As a paraprofessional, the employee works under the direction of the teacher to monitor and address the instructional, personal, and behavioral needs of students.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be conducted in work-related community settings and/or occasionally performed on study trips away from the school.

Terms of Employment

Job Title: Special Education Aides Supervisor: Principal Terms of Employment: 185 days

Job Summary (continued)

Although responsible to the teacher(s) to whose classrooms he/she is assigned, the individual’s overall performance is evaluated by the principal. Employees are subject to reassignment at any time by the building principal in consultation with the district office to meet the changing needs of students with disabilities within the district.

Essential Duties

• Assists with the implementation of students’ IEPs under the direction of classroom teachers and/or service providers.
• Assists with individual or small group instruction developed and supervised by the teacher in assigned classes, including teaching, re-teaching, and reviewing lessons, asking questions, and prompting students.
• Attends to the needs of students with disabilities that may include personal hygiene, lifting, feeding, toileting, monitoring supportive medical equipment.
• Facilitates the use of assistive technology.
• Escorts and supervises students, including daily arrival and school departure, transitions between classes, the playground, cafeteria, and off-site learning activities.
• Collects, charts, and reports student performance data to teachers.
• Performs general clerical tasks for assigned classrooms, including maintaining student records and distributing instructional materials.
• Assists with behavioral management programs in the classroom and implements behavior intervention plans and/or plans for independence for individual students.
• Participates in designated staff development.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: Duties may involve risk resulting from attending to students’ behavioral, physical, or sanitation/hygiene needs. Additional physical requirements include:
• Stand and reach with hands and arms;
• Walk;
• Sit;
• Stoop or kneel;
• Crouch or crawl.
• Physically capable of frequently lifting or moving up to 40 pounds;
• Sufficiently mobile to ensure the safety of students;
• Specific vision requirements, including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

Minimum Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required:
• Candidate must meet the requirements for a paraprofessional: 60 college credit hours from an accredited college, associate degree, passing score on the Work Keys or Parapro Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities.

Job Specification

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The Special Education Paraprofessional will be required to follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as assigned by classroom teachers and approved by the principal or other appropriate administrators.

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Disclaimer

Horry County Schools reserves the right to update, revise, or change this job description and related duties at any time.