JOB TITLE: Sped Aide BSS
DUTY DAYS: 185
PAY GRADE: C03
STARTING SALARY: $ 126.62/day
PRIMARY PURPOSE:
Provide support to identified students with disabilities who require additional support and supervision throughout the school day.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
- High school diploma or GED
- Valid Texas Educational Aide Certificate
- PAC Test / 48 College Hours
- Bilingual Test (if applicable)
Special Knowledge / Skills:
Ability to work with children who exhibit severe behavior challenges
Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
Ability to communicate effectively
Ability to drive a motor vehicle
Ability to read a map and navigate an automobile
Basic computer and typing skills
Time management skills
Organizational skills
Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
Ability to maintain confidentiality issues
Ability to maintain a schedule
Experience:
- Previous work experience with behavioral children
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
- Assist teacher in routine classroom management duties
- Assist in preparing instructional materials
- Assist in maintaining classroom environment and supplies
- Assist students in homework preparation, test taking
- Modify teacher's assignments, tests, and other instructional entities
- Maintain records, files and other pertinent documents on each student
- Communicate students' needs to faculty and staff
- Assist in maintaining a safe environment for students, faculty, staff
- Assist in implementing student's behavior management plan
- Assist in the loading and unloading of the school buses
- Participate in the activities involved with physical education classes
- Assist with individual student's personal hygiene needs
- Feed or assist students in feeding themselves
- Lift, move, and position students in a variety of settings
- Be aware of student's various medical concerns
- Escort students to different locations in the building
- Monitor students during various activities during the school day
- Be able to work with any student as determined by the student’s I.E.P.
- File various documents in students’ folders
- Assist in orienting students to class schedule each semester
- Obtain any necessary textbooks for different programs
- Perform other duties as determined by the special education teacher or the principal
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Mental Demands:
Ability to communicate verbally and written with students, faculty, staff, and community
Ability to read and interpret written instructions. Reading; ability to communicate effectively (verbal); maintain emotional control under stress.
Physical Demands / Environmental Factors:
Frequent standing, stooping, bending, and kneeling, pushing, and pulling; regular heavy lifting of students, equipment, and materials, biological exposure to bacteria and communicable diseases
