What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instructional Aide, Special Education - Aspire Public Schools (Multiple sites-CA) position at Aspire Public Schools - Los Angeles County?
This position is a pool which means that it stays posted continuously due to positions frequently becoming available throughout the school year.
About Aspire:
Aspire Public Schools operates a network of high-performing, college preparatory charter schools serving TK-12 scholars in communities across California. Founded in 1998—in an effort to transform the inequitable racial, social, and gender outcomes that our communities persist through—Aspire is one of the largest and most forward-thinking open-enrollment public charter school systems in the nation.
Our purpose is to prepare our scholars for success in college, career, and life. At Aspire, we set a foundation for our scholars to gain knowledge, skills, and power to access and make choices for their families and post-secondary lives. Every day, our community of students, families, teachers and staff comes together to learn, work, and play in an environment grounded in our values of Bienestar (Well-Being), Culture of Belonging, Community Partnership, Agency & Self-Determination, and Joy.
The Opportunity:
Behind every successful student is a passionate and dedicated team.Together, we will change the odds for underserved students, ensuring that every student is prepared to earn a college degree.
The Instructional Aide will provide support for students with disabilities (IEP students) in the school environment and support the Special Education Teacher, General Education teacher/s and/or Speech & Language Pathologist, while upholding the core values of Aspire Public Schools.
What You Will Do:
Provide services, supports and interventions directly to students, under the guidance and daily supervision of the Special Education teacher/s.
Implement the IEP with fidelity (i.e. provide 1:1 support to student in classroom, support student/s with toileting needs, assist with health-related needs (g-tube, feeding, administration of medication) (under supervision of school nurse) and assist with the physical Minimum educational level:
Associate’s degree or successful completion of 48 units of college credit or passing of Paraprofessional Test
Bachelor’s degree in Education, Teaching, or related field preferred
Experience preferred:
1 year working with students in special education with moderate / severe needs or students from urban communities in an educational setting
Salary : $23 - $33