Aide, SPED PABS (2024-2025)

Reports to: Principal and teacher(s)
Dept./School: Assigned Campus
Wage/Hour Status: Nonexempt
Pay Grade: Clerical/Paraprofessional - 03

MINIMUM SALARY: $ 25,806

DUTY DAYS: 187 days per year

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:

• Minimum of Associates Degree, or 48 Semester Hours of successful college credit or, passing rigorous content oriented knowledge and skills assessment.
• High school diploma or GED
• Eligible to receive 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

• Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays.
• Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom.
• Help with inventory, care, and maintenance of equipment.
• Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports.
• Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers.

Student Management

• Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting, or positioning.
• Assist students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
• Help manage behavior of students. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed.
• Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
• Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher.
• Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom. This includes lunchroom, bus, and playground duty.
• Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students.

Other

• Maintain confidentiality.
• Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Responsible for full duty day supervision of assigned students.

Equipment Used:

• Educational Modalities, Wheelchair lift, ramp, personal computer, copier, and audiovisual equipment.

Working Conditions:

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Physical requirements of this position are as follows:

The employee must frequently lift, pull or push, 5 to 10 pounds, and frequently lift, pull or push 25 to 50 pounds alone. Employee may be required to lift and carry manually or use electric lifts to move severely impaired or mobility impaired students around the classroom, around the school building, or to the toilet facility.

At any time an employee has to manually lift over 50 pounds, he/she must seek an appropriate amount of assistance so that the lift is no more than 50 pounds per person.

Ability to maintain emotional control under stress. Possible biological exposure to bacteria and communicable diseases. Use of passive restraint may be necessary to control unruly students.

THE DENTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER