• Job Description

  Req#: 226
  Position Type:
  Support Staff/ Instructional Assistant
  
  
  Date Posted:
  6/4/2025
  
  
  Location:
  Robert F Hunt Elementary
  
  
  Elementary Life Skills Instructional Aide Pre-K -5
  
  Job Title: Special Education Aide Wage/Hour Status: Nonexempt
  Reports to: Principal and teacher(s)
  Dept./School: Assigned Campus
  Primary Purpose:
  Help special education teacher provide for physical and instructional needs of students with disabilities in special education setting. Assist in implementation of classroom programs, including self-help, 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
  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
  1.Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays.
  2.Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom.
  3.Help with inventory, care, and maintenance of equipment.
  4.Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports.
  5.Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers.
  Student Management
  6.Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting, or positioning.
  7.Assist students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
  8.Help manage behavior of students. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed.
  9.Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
  10.Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher.
  11.Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom. This includes lunchroom, bus, and playground duty.
  12.Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students.
  Other
  13.Maintain confidentiality.
  14.Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned.
  Supervisory Responsibilities:
  None.
  Equipment Used:
  Wheelchair lift, ramp, personal computer, copier, and audiovisual equipment.
  Working Conditions:
  Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
  Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing, and pulling; regular heavy lifting of students. Biological exposure to bacteria and communicable diseases.
  
  
  
  
  

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