id='p8134_'>Communication Facilitator Aide JobID: 8134
Position Type:
Para - Instructional/Paraprofessional Instructional
Date Posted:
7/30/2026
Location:
Jessup Elementary School
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Job Title: Communication Facilitator Aide Sign Language
Duty Days: 185
Pay Grade: C03
STARTING Salary: $ 126.62 / DAY
Primary Purpose:
Serve as a communication facilitator of all communication between the auditorily impaired student, hearing peers, and the special education teachers in a variety of educational settings.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
- High School diploma or GED
- Valid Texas Educational Aide Certification
- Para-Pro Test (No Child Left Behind)/48 College Hours
Special Knowledge/Skills:
- Willingness to participate in training programs and on-the-job training to meet educational and communication needs of impaired students in special education classes and special vocational classes as needed
- Basic sign language skills required to assist auditorily impaired students in communicating with all persons in the special education setting
- Sufficient physical stamina to ensure the comfort and safety of handicapped students; sufficient sign language skills for position
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
- Uphold and enforce school rules, administrative regulations, and state and local Board Policy
- Serve as a communication facilitator in a variety of special education classes
- Provide a language rich experience including sign language, gestures, verbal communication, picture and icon systems to assist students in developing an independent communication system
- Inform the responsible teacher and appropriate staff of any problems that may occur in the classroom
- Work with mainstream teachers, as needed, in order to be better prepared for the classroom
- Assist with materials, classroom routines and organization as directed
- Help monitor student activities
- Assist with data collection and progress monitoring of skills
- Assist students with physical needs and personal care including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene
- Assist in managing the behavior of students and crisis intervention, including restraining disruptive or dangerous physical behavior as needed
- Assist teachers between assignments working with students as needed or performing clerical duties
- Maintain confidentiality
- Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as needed
- Perform other duties as assigned
Equipment Used:
- Personal computer, copier, audio-visual equipment, closed captioning for the hearing impaired, amplification devices
Working Conditions:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
- Ability to communicate effectively in English and basic Sign Language needed in special education settings; maintain emotional control under stress; reading; flexibility to work with an often-changing schedule, including campus changes
- Repetitive motion; travel between various campuses; biological expose to bacteria and communicable diseases; assist with lifting and transfers of handicapped students; lift moderate to heavy equipment
- Indoor temperature controlled office environment