Special Education Assistant

2025/26 School Year

Part time/30 hours per week

Monday- Friday -8:50 am - 3:20 pm

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

• Provide support to the Special Education program as directed by the Special Education certificated staff.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

(Basic functions include but are not limited to)

• Tutoring students in academic skill areas individually or in small groups.
• Tutor students in sensory-motor and perceptual activities.
• Supervise and assist students in a variety of settings (i.e., resource rooms, regular classrooms, cafeteria, playground, etc.)
• Work with a variety of staff in team effort.
• Provide support in management and discipline of students.
• Assists students in their arrival to and departure from school
• Assists students one on one with classroom and daily living skills (e.g. lifts/positions students, diapering, tube feeding, changing clothes, assisting on/off bus
• May provide specialized health care procedures and assist students with toileting and personal hygiene
• May position students in mobility assistance devices
• Assist in the preparation and serving of snacks and meals and feeds children unable to feed themselves, using special feeding equipment as necessary
• Preparation of materials and instructional settings.
• Other activities as designed by the Special Education teacher.

DEMONSTRATED KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of basic academic skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with both students and adults
• Ability to work well with a variety of people and educational settings.
• Pleasant personality, dependable and ability to establish and maintain cooperative relations with others.
• Ability to operate standard office and classroom equipment including but not limited to a computer and assigned software
• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• Sufficient strength to lift non-ambulatory students, lift and move adaptive equipment, and physically control a student up to 150 pounds with assistance
• Sufficient body movement and mobility to demonstrate gross motor activities and climb in and out of vehicles

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Minimum Qualifications: *

• High School diploma
• AA/AS degree or higher, 48 creditable college units, or has passed the CBEST or proficiency test

Desirable Qualifications:

• Knowledge and skills of motivating, organizing and presenting academic skills activities for Special Education students.
• First Aid/CPR Certification
• Knowledge of areas of special needs unique to Special Education students (i.e., sensory motor, perceptual, etc.).
• Knowledge in student management and discipline techniques.
• College units, in-services, or aide certificate desired.

Responsible to: Teacher

Range: 27

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $19.37 - $26.03 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee assistance program
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan

Work Location: In person