Internal/External
Position: Instructional Aide - SXI/SCI Program
10-month position (concurrent with school year) plus the summer
program days
Location: Kingsley Montgomery School
Position Summary: To provide support to Kingsley Montgomery School students in
the areas of academics, behavior, and personal care.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School diploma required
- One or more of the following are preferred: associate's (or higher) degree, or
two years of study at an institution of higher education, or a passing score on
the Basic Skills Test of the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC), or a
passing work keys test score
- Experience with students with disabilities and/or training in appropriate
techniques for interacting with students who have special needs
preferred
- Physically able to lift 50 pounds
- Demonstrated ability to interact appropriately and effectively with
students, parents, and staff; and to maintain confidentiality
- Excellent attendance record, flexibility, and competence for assigned
responsibilities, including ability to meet the physical and academic needs
of students
Essential Functions:
- Takes direction for timely program delivery from building staff members
responsible for student learning plans, including teachers, ancillary staff,
and the administrator
- In accordance with Individual Educational Programs (IEPs), assists
students with mobility, personal care, learning, and other curriculum tasks
- Follows through with prescribed behavioral management programs
- Assists with the development of instructional materials; demonstrates
initiative and creativity with individual children and their program
implementation when appropriate
- Assists with physical mobility, including assisting students getting off the
bus, to the building, from the building, and on the bus when leaving.
- May assist with self-care and personal hygiene, and activities of daily living,
such as toileting, feeding, catheterization, tube feeding, etc.
- Participate in physical activities which may be part of the basic program and/or
activities that are unique to the student's educational program
- Reports successes and difficulties with student learning plans to the
appropriate special educator in an informative, timely, and professional
manner
- Assists the teacher with routine classroom operations such as distributing
and putting away materials, preparing bulletin boards, writing lessons on
the board, preparing materials for classroom use, and correcting student
work; maintains and procures instructional materials, supplies, and
resource materials
- Supervises and assists students while they are involved in activities both in
and outside of the classroom
- Works with individual students to reinforce the learning of material or
skills based on a sympathetic understanding of each student, their needs,
interests, and abilities.
- Serves as the source of information and helps any substitute teacher
assigned in the absence of the regular teacher
- Able to record requested data from teachers, social workers, or
administrators
- Participates in professional learning as assigned
- Performs other duties as assigned by special educators or building
administrator
Reports To: Building Principal and Classroom Teacher
Workday/Week: Monday - Friday
6.5 hours per day
Starting Date: ASAP
Compensation: $16.62 - $18.85 per hour -PLUS $2,750 ANNUAL STIPEND
Posting Date: September 22, 2026
Posting Deadline: Until filled
Internal and external candidates may apply by visiting www.waterford.k12.mi.us and
selecting the icon "Employment" and next, "Job Posting Directory". Include letter of
intent, resume, and letter(s) of reference with the application. Employment is
contingent upon receiving all required documentation (e.g., criminal background
investigation and fingerprint records.)
The Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, (including sexual orientation or
transgender identity), disability, age, religion, height, weight, marital or family status, military status, ancestry, genetic
information, or any other legally protected category, (collectively, "Protected Classes"), in its programs and activities, including
employment opportunities.