SPED (One on One) Aide

TITLE: SPED One on One Aide DUTY DAYS: 186 days
QUALIFICATIONS: College/High School diploma/valid Certification
REPORTS TO: Campus Principal
PAY GRADE: 100% Title Funding FLSA: Non-Exempt / Hourly

JOB GOAL:

The job of One-on-One Special Education Paraprofessional is done for the purpose/s of providing support to the instructional program with specific responsibility for assisting in the supervision, care, and instruction of students with special needs in the general education setting or in a self-contained classroom; assisting in implementing plans for instruction; monitoring student behavior; and providing information to appropriate school personnel.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assists the teacher according to the teacher's needs
• Makes needed copies of classroom materials
• Monitors students during classroom and play activities
• Reads aloud or listens to children read
• Prepares instructional materials and sets up equipment
• Provides special help such as drilling with flash cards, spelling and play activities
• Assists students at meal periods
• Provides for students' physical needs as required and/or assigned
• Maintains a clean and orderly classroom
• Assist students from buses to restroom facilities, etc.
• Escorts students on educational trips outside the classroom with the teacher and other appropriate adult support
• Assists students in performing activities that have been initiated by the teacher
• Assists with supplementary work for advanced pupils
• Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work assigned by the teacher
• Assists in setting up classrooms
• Assists children in learning their names, addresses, telephone numbers, birthdays and parents' names
• Hears requests for help, observes learning difficulties from pupils and reports such matters to teachers
• Works with individual students or small groups on language development as outlined by the teacher
• Serves as a bus monitor in transport of students as requested and/or needed
• In upper grades the aide will work with assigned students as scheduled by the Campus Principal
• In upper grades the aide will also be assigned to before and after school supervision and lunch duties
• Assist students (e.g. diapering, lifting, transitioning from desk to wheelchair etc.�) for the purpose of attending to the student's personal hygiene and care needs.
• Performs such other duties as assigned by the Campus Principal or the supervising teacher.

Mental Demands / Physical Demands / Environmental Factors

Tools/Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals Posture: Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting

Motion: Repetitive hand motions, frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching
Lifting: Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds)
Environment: Frequent districtwide travel; occasional statewide travel
Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress