2025-2026 Special Ed Life Skills Aide 1:1
2025-2026 Special Ed Life Skills Aide 1:1
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Job Description
Primary Purpose:
Help meet physical and instructional needs of individual students with disabilities inside and outside classroom. Assist with the implementation of Individual Education Plans (IEP) including selfhelp behavior management and instruction programs. Work under general supervision of principal and immediate direction of certified teacher.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
High school diploma or GED
Educational Aide Certificate issued by SBEC
Paraprofessional Assessment Certificate Associates Degree or two years (48 semester hours) of college
Special Knowledge/Skills:
Ability to work with children with disabilities
Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
Ability to communicate effectively
Experience:
Two years of experience working with children
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Instructional Support
- Help 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
- Help meet the individual needs of students including transferring them to and from wheelchairs lifting and positioning them and/or interpreting instructions for them etc.
- Help students take care of physical needs and personal care including bathroom needs and personal hygiene and feeding.
- Help manage the behavior of assigned students. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or student behavior as needed.
- Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each students special medical physical communicative and emotional needs.
- Work with assigned students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher and/or Occupational Therapist Physical Therapist or Adaptive PE Teacher.
- Assist assigned students throughout school day inside and outside classroom. This includes lunchroom bus and playground duty.
- Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of assigned students.
- Help teacher maintain data records on learning and behavior.
- Keep personal car logs for Medicaid and turn in on a monthly basis for Medicaid eligible students.
Other
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Participate in professional development programs faculty meetings and special events as assigned.
- Attend trainings on physical restraint each year and CPR training as needed.
Equipment Used:
Wheelchair lift and ramps. Walkers special needs chair bars in the bathrooms. Computers and other assistive devices as needed.
Working Conditions:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals
Posture: Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping pushing/pulling and twisting
Motion: Repetitive hand motions including frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching
Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying
Environment: May work prolonged or irregular hours; occasional districtwide travel
Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress
Occasional districtwide and statewide travel; frequent prolonged and irregular hours.
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
Employment Type
Full-Time
