Special Education Asst. - Pathways JobID: 2496
Position Type:
Support Staff/Special Education Assistant
Date Posted:
4/10/2026
Location:
Roy Johnson STEM Academy
Date Available:
2026-2027 School Year
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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:
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
Knowledge of general office equipment
Experience:
One year experience working with children.
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Instructional Support:
- Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher
- Support assigned students in all settings including general education classrooms.
- 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.
- Assist with administration and scoring of objective testing instruments or work assignments.
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.
- 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:
- Ride with the students on the buses as assigned.
- Maintain confidentiality and ethical conduct in all areas of work.
- Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned.
- Punctuality in all areas.
- Maintain a positive attitude.
- Serve as a positive role model for all students.
- Reliability in all areas of work.
- All other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Equipment Used:
Wheelchair lift, ramp, personal computer, copier, and audiovisual equipment, assisted technology equipment or additional technology as needed by a student from his IEP.
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.