What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Education Aide position at Spectrum Center Schools and Programs?
Our dynamic organization with a social mission to offer hope is seeking an Instructional Aide to join our team and perform meaningful work in a culture that welcomes innovation, encourages creative expression, and offers limitless potential for personal and professional satisfaction.
About the Role
As an Instructional Aide, you will provide individualized supervision and instruction to assigned students and additional support to the core classroom staff. You will work with students to implement their Individualized Education Programs (IEP) and utilize group and individual instruction in the classroom and community.
Responsibilities
- Implementing on-site and community-based curriculum instruction and behavioral intervention strategies consistent with the goals and objectives of each student.
- Instructing and monitoring students during lessons in the classroom to ensure fidelity of instruction and utilizing instructional strategies to assist with student learning and help students meet requirements for student course completion.
- Encouraging and monitoring the progress of individual students in accordance with specific timelines and communicating with the classroom teacher overall progress or interventions needed.
- Managing student behavior by upholding the Spectrum philosophy and policies and applying appropriate disciplinary measures when necessary;
- Supporting and counseling students with academic issues, providing encouragement and working with students to improve their community, vocational, leisure, domestic, academic, and social skills.
Requirements
- An associate degree or higher in education or a closely related field of study is preferred.
- Prior experience working with children, preferably in a special education program setting.
- Highly skilled in working with children with autism spectrum disorders, developmental disabilities, and/or challenging behaviors.
- Comfortable driving and/or riding in a company van with students before and/or after school.
- Proficiency in providing motivation and having critical conversations with students that help move them toward realistic goals.
About Us
We are a division of , the nation's leading provider of alternative and special education programs for children and young adults. For over 45 years, we have helped change the direction of more than 240,000 student lives in partnership with over 235 school districts nationwide.
