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Llano ISD
Job Title: Special Needs Aide Wage/Hour Status: Nonexempt
Reports to: Principal and teacher(s) Pay Grade:
assigned
Dept./School: Date Revised: May 2018
Primary Purpose:
Help meet physical and instructional needs of individual students with disabilities
inside and outside classroom. Assist with the implementation of Individual Education
Plans (IEP), including self-help, behavior management, and instruction programs.
Work under general supervision of principal and immediate direction of certified
teacher.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
High school diploma or GED
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
Experience:
Two years experience working with children
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Student Management
- Help meet the individual needs of students, including transferring them to and from
wheelchairs, lifting and positioning them, and signing or interpreting instructions for
them, etc.
- Help students take care of physical needs and personal care including feeding,
bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
- Help manage the behavior of assigned students. This includes intervening in crisis
situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed.
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- Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical,
physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
- Work with assigned students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct
instructional exercises assigned by teacher.
- Assist assigned students throughout school day, inside and outside classroom. This
includes lunchroom, bus, and playground duty.
- Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of assigned students.
Other
- Maintain confidentiality.
- Participate in professional development programs, faculty meetings, and special
events as assigned.
- To perform any other tasks assigned by the supervisor.
Equipment Used:
Wheelchair lift and ramps. (Note: describe other equipment used based on condition
of student assigned, i.e., adaptive equipment, oxygen gauges, etc.)
Working Conditions:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Maintain emotional control under stress. Frequent standing, stooping, bending,
kneeling, pushing, and pulling; regular heavy lifting of students; biological exposure to
bacteria and communicable diseases.
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this
job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or
skills that may be required.
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