Special Education Paraeducator Aide

Summary Description

Summary Description 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.

PAR EDUCATOR AIDE II – 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 attendee nt services to students with various intellectual and/or physical disabilities. Incumbent performs related work as required.

Distinguishing Characteristics 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.

Exemplary Duties/Responsibilities Para educator aides may be assigned to a variety of special education programs or individual students who require adult support based upon their IEP's (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 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' IEP's; use positive behavior management techniques;
• Assist with lesson assignments; reinforce learning concepts to students; maintain discipline and order on the playground, lunchroom, library 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/or observations of students;
• Assist in maintaining bulletin boards in the classroom; may assist children with medication when trained;
• Assist in the operation of classroom equipment or students' assistive technology devices;
• Assist in recording student progress towards goals and developing instructional materials and preparing graphs and charts;
• Assist in modification of the general education curriculum; participate in district training programs and training in non-violent behavioral intervention procedures;
• Maintain confidentiality regarding student information and records.

When Assigned To SPED Programs The following descriptions outline program areas and services in which para educators may work, including EC (Early Childhood), SIP (Social Intervention Program), Strategies (Autism), IK (Integrated Kindergarten), CLS (Comprehensive Life Skills), Social Resource, AH (Hearing Impaired), VI (Vision Impairment), and related settings.

• EC - Early Childhood/Pre-K The Early Childhood Special Education Program provides services to three-, four-, and five-year-olds with disabilities with a developmentally appropriate curriculum addressing literacy, math readiness, motor skills, self-help skills, communication skills, and social-emotional development.
• EC SIP - Early Childhood/SIP The EC SIP Program focuses on social-emotional development and serves students with behavioral challenges in small groups; a combination of EC & SIP practices is used to meet student needs.
• EC STRAT - Early Childhood/Strategies The EC Strategies Program emphasizes communication and…