Special Education Paraeducator Aide CLS

Overview

Under supervision, works in a special education classroom assisting teaching staff in a variety of instructional activities. Assists teachers in special education classrooms and provides individual or group assistance depending on student or class's functional living and academic skills and/or behavioral support needed. Incumbent can also provide attendant services to students with various intellectual and/or physical disabilities. Incumbent performs related work as required.

Special Education

Under supervision, works in a special education classroom assisting teaching staff in a variety of instructional activities. Assists teachers in special education classrooms and provides individual or group assistance depending on student or class s functional living and academic skills and/or behavioral support needed. Incumbent can also provide attendant services to students with various intellectual and/or physical disabilities. Incumbent performs related work as required.

The Para educator Aide II works in a special education classroom assisting the teacher and/or a special education student within the general and/or special education classroom, in specific specialized programs such as: CLS (Comprehensive Life Skills), EC (Early Childhood), MA (Multi-Age), SIP (Social Intervention Programs), Strategies (Autism Spectrum Disorders), Social Resource and/or Resource classrooms as well as one-on-one assistance. Additionally, a Para educator Aide II working at a Title I school must be highly qualified.

May act as liaison between general education teachers, resource teachers; previews instructional information when possible and may attend seminars and conferences.

Para educator aides may be assigned to a variety of special education programs or individual students who require adult support based upon their IEPs (Individualized Education Program). Duties may include:

• Assist students with intellectual, physical, or behavioral disabilities in boarding and de-boarding buses before and after school.
• Assist students in reaching proper location in school; accompany students into general education classrooms; provide attendant services (diapering, toileting, washing faces, etc.) to students as needed.
• Support instruction in proper health and hygiene habits; perform delegated procedures such as clean intermittent catheterization, provide emergency and first aid care as necessary.
• Move students weighing 50-80 pounds, daily and repetitively; follow proper safety procedures.
• Prepare and help feed students as needed; support instruction in functional life skills.
• Realize individual needs of students with intellectual, physical and/or behavioral disabilities and modify general education classroom assignments occasionally; follow behavior plans as outlined in students  IEPs; use positive behavior management techniques.
• Assist with lesson assignments; reinforce learning concepts; maintain discipline and order on playgrounds, lunchrooms, libraries and classrooms; accompany students on field trips.
• Arrange and adjust wheelchairs, oxygen hoses and other equipment as needed; communicate with special education teachers about concerns and observations of students.
• Assist in maintaining bulletin boards; may assist children with medication when trained.
• Assist in the operation of classroom equipment or students  assistive technology devices; assist in recording student progress toward goals and developing instructional materials and preparing graphs and charts.
• Assist in modification of the general education curriculum; participate in district training programs and receive training in and implement non-violent behavioral intervention procedures; maintain confidentiality regarding student information and records.

EC - Early Childhood/Pre-K

The Early Childhood Special Education Program provides services to three, four and five year olds with disabilities. This program consists of developmentally appropriate curriculum that addresses all areas of child development including literacy and math readiness skills, gross and fine motor skills, self-help skills, communications skills, and social skills. In addition, the classroom provides multiple opportunities to develop skills in cognition, receptive and expressive language, and social/emotional development.

EC SIP - Early Childhood/SIP (for details strictly on SIP, see SIP description)

The Early Childhood SIP Program provides developmentally appropriate curriculum that addresses all areas of child development including literacy and math readiness skills, gross and fine motor skills, self-help skills, communications skills, and social skills. The program focuses primarily on social emotional development and primarily serves students with behavioral challenges in a small group setting. When assigned to an EC SIP classroom, a combination of EC & SIP practices are followed.

A combination of…