id='p8101_'>SpEd Aide SUCCESS JobID: 8101
Position Type:
Para - Instructional/Paraprofessional Instructional
Date Posted:
7/22/2026
Location:
Burnett Elementary School
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JOB TITLE: SpEd Aide - SUCCESS
DUTY DAYS: 185
PAY GRADE: C03
STARTING SALARY: $ 126.62/DAY
PRIMARY PURPOSE:
To work under the supervision of the special education teacher and assist in the special education student's daily training program; the aide may possibly help with the feeding, lifting, and individualized care of special education students; the aide may assist with daily instructional and non-instructional activities, including student management
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
- High school diploma or GED
- Valid Texas Educational Aide Certificate
- PAC Test (No Child Left Behind) / 48 College Hours
Special Knowledge / Skills:
- Ability to work with special needs students
- Ability to work with students without direct supervision
- Ability to understand and implement requirements as stated in an Individualized Education Plan (I.E.P.)
- Ability to deal with students in a fair but firm manner
- Ability to restrain disruptive students
- Ability to work in a stressful situation
- Ability to maintain confidentiality issues
Experience:
Previous work experience with children
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
- Assist teacher in routine classroom management duties
- Assist in preparing instructional materials
- Assist in maintaining classroom environment and supplies
- Assist students in homework preparation, test taking
- Modify teacher's assignments, tests, and other instructional entities
- Maintain records, files and other pertinent documents on each student
- Communicate students' needs to faculty and staff
- Assist in maintaining a safe environment for students, faculty, staff
- Assist in implementing student's behavior management plan
- Assist in the loading and unloading of the school buses
- Participate in the activities involved with physical education classes
- Assist with individual student's personal hygiene needs
- Feed or assist students in feeding themselves
- Lift, move, and position students in a variety of settings
- Be aware of student's various medical concerns
- Escort students to different locations in the building
- Monitor students during various activities during the school day
- Be able to work with any student as determined by the student's I.E.P.
- File various documents in students' folders
- Assist in orienting students to class schedule each semester
- Obtain any necessary textbooks for different programs
- Perform other duties as determined by the special education teacher or the principal
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Mental Demands:
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and written with students, faculty, staff, and community; ability to read and interpret written instructions; maintain emotional control under stress
Physical Demands / Environmental Factors:
Ability to hear and place the location of sounds; ability to see and close up, at a distance and peripherally; ability to lift and carry 50 lbs; ability to push and or pull 100 lbs; ability to maneuver wheelchairs, walkers, or other wheeled apparatus; ability to physically restrain disruptive students; ability to reach above head or straight out from body; ability to stand continuously for at least 30 minutes; ability to use hands in performing certain tasks, such as diaper changing, feeding, and helping with life skills