About this role
TITLE: SPED One on One Aide DUTY DAYS: 186 days QUALIFICATIONS: College/High School diploma/valid Certification REPORTS TO: Campus Principal PAY GRADE: 100% Title Funding FLSA: Non-Exempt / Hourly JOB GOAL: The job of One-on-One Special Education Paraprofessional is done for the purpose/s of providing support to the instructional program with specific responsibility for assisting in the supervision, care, and instruction of students with special needs in the general education setting or in a self-contained classroom; assisting in implementing plans for instruction; monitoring student behavior; and providing information to appropriate school personnel. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Assists the teacher according to the teacher's needs • Makes needed copies of classroom materials • Monitors students during classroom and play activities • Reads aloud or listens to children read • Prepares instructional materials and sets up equipment • Provides special help such as drilling with flash cards, spelling and play activities • Assists students at meal periods • Provides for students' physical needs as required and/or assigned • Maintains a clean and orderly classroom • Assist students from buses to restroom facilities, etc. • Escorts students on educational trips outside the classroom with the teacher and other appropriate adult support • Assists students in performing activities that have been initiated by the teacher • Assists with supplementary work for advanced pupils • Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work assigned by the teacher • Assists in setting up classrooms • Assists children in learning their names, addresses, telephone numbers, birthdays and parents' names • Hears requests for help, observes learning difficulties from pupils and reports such matters to teachers • Works with individual students or small groups on language development as outlined by the teacher • Serves as a bus monitor in transport of students as requested and/or needed • In upper grades the aide will work with assigned students as scheduled by the Campus Principal • In upper grades the aide will also be assigned to before and after school supervision and lunch duties • Assist students (e.g. diapering, lifting, transitioning from desk to wheelchair etc. ) for the purpose of attending to the student's personal hygiene and care needs. • Performs such other duties as assigned by the Campus Principal or the supervising teacher. 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, frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds) Environment: Frequent districtwide travel; occasional statewide travel Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress