LHS - Instructional Aide 1
LHS - Instructional Aide 1
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Job Description
Job Title: SPED AideLife Skills & OJT Exemption Status/Test: Nonexempt
Reports to: Principal and teacher(s) Date Revised: 02/21/2025
Dept./School: Assigned Campus LHS
Primary Purpose:
Help meet physical and instructional needs of students with disabilities in a selfcontained classroom. Assist in the implementation of classroom programs including selfhelp behavior management and instruction programs. Work under general supervision of the principal and immediate direction of a certified teacher. This position is for someone that respects diversity. If you are highly motivated and have a passion to work with students with disabilities this position is for you.
The employee fulfilling this job is accountable to the assigned teacher and will support students in their classroom based on their level of disability. The employee will be held to high standards of accuracy attention to detail and timely completion of work. Expectations include a pleasant and professional demeanor a positive attitude and an outgoing personality. The employee must also maintain confidentiality and be willing to engage in professional development if requested by the supervisor.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
Associates degree preferred but not required two years of study at an institution of higher learning or have met formal academic assessment as required by the No Child Left Behind Act.
HS Diploma/GED
Valid Texas educational aide certificate
Special Knowledge/Skills:
Ability to work with children with disabilities
Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
Ability to communicate effectively
Knowledge of general office equipment
Experience:
Some experience working with children
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Instructional Support
- Help the teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays.
- Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom.
- Help with inventory care and maintenance of equipment.
- Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports.
- Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers.
Student Management
- Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs including transferring to and from wheelchairs; lifting; positioning; or assisting students with personal care such as feeding bathroom needs and personal hygiene.
- Help manage the behavior of students. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous students as needed.
- Recognize differences in each students special medical physical communicative and emotional needs and adapt methods and interaction accordingly.
- Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by a teacher.
- Help supervise students throughout the school day inside and outside the classroom. This includes the lunchroom bus and playground duty.
- Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students.
Other
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Participate in staff development training programs faculty meetings and special events as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None.
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment; other specialized and adaptive equipment used by students
Posture: Frequent standing; kneeling/squatting bending/stooping pushing/pulling and twisting
Motion: Frequent walking and reaching
Lifting: Frequent light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); Occasional heavy lifting 45 pounds or over) and positioning or students with physical disabilities controlling behavior through physical restraint assisting nonambulatory students and lifting and moving adaptive and other classroom equipment
Environment: Work inside and outside (exposure to sun heat cold and inclement weather); exposure to noise; exposure to biological hazards (bacteria communicable diseases)
Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress
This document describes the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required. You understand that supplemental duty assignments may be modified or discontinued at any time for any reason or no reason at all at the sole discretion of the District and that the Board of Trustees may change modify or eliminate the stipend for supplemental duties at any time. This job description may not be changed edited or added to without the written consent of the Director of Personnel LISD.
Employment Type
Full-Time
