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Special Education Paraeducator Aide 3 1:1 HQ CLS (32.5 hrs./wk., 180 days)Picollo Special Education SchoolTO APPLY:Direct Link: Page: note, employers may close jobs on the website at any time.HIGHLY QUALIFIED STATUS (HQ): Individual selected into this position must be Highly Qualified for this assignment. Applicants must possess a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent, and have completed the following requirements: Completed at least 48 semester hours of credit at an accredited college or university; or, obtained an associate's degree or higher degree from an accredited college or university; or, passed the ParaPro Assessment prepared and administered by Educational Testing Services (ETS) with a score of at least 460.SUMMARY DESCRIPTIONUnder supervision, works in a special education classroom assisting teaching staff in a variety of instructional activities. Assists teachers in special education classrooms and provides individual or group assistance depending on student or class's functional living and academic skills and/or behavioral support needed. Incumbent can also provide attendant services to students with various intellectual and/or physical disabilities. Incumbent performs related work as required.DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICSThe Teacher Aide III works in a special education classroom assisting the teacher and/or a special education student within the general and/or special education classroom, in specific specialized programs such as: CLS (Comprehensive Life Skills), EC (Early Childhood), MA (Multi-Age), SIP (Social Intervention Programs), Strategies (Autism Spectrum Disorders), Social Resource and/or Resource classrooms as well as one-on-one assistance. Additionally, a Teacher Aide III working at a Title I school must be highly qualified.May act as liaison between general education teachers, resource teachers; previews instructional information when possible and may attend seminars and conferences.EXEMPLARY DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES- Teacher aides may be assigned to a variety of special education programs or individual students who require adult support based upon their IEP's (Individualized Education Program).- Duties may include: a ssist students with intellectual, physical, or behavioral disabilities in boarding and de-boarding buses before and after school;- Assist students in reaching proper location in school;- Accompany students into general education classrooms;- Provide attendant services (diapering, toileting, washing faces, etc.) to students as needed;- Supports instruction in proper health and hygiene habits;- Performs delegated procedures such as clean intermittent catheterization, provide emergency and first aid care as necessary;- Move students weighing 50-80 pounds, daily and repetitively;- Follows proper safety procedures;- Prepares and helps feed students as needed;- Supports instruction in functional life skills;- Realizes individual needs of students with intellectual, physical and/or behavioral disabilities and modifies general education classroom assignments occasionally;- Follows behavior plans as outlined in students' IEP's;- Uses positive behavior management techniques;- Assists with lesson assignments;- Reinforces learning concepts to students;- Maintains discipline and order on the playground, lunchroom, library and classrooms;- Accompanies students on field trips; arranges and adjusts wheelchairs, oxygen hoses and other equipment as needed;- Communicates with special education teachers about concerns and/or observations of students;- Assists in maintaining bulletin boar s in the classroom;- May assist children with medication when trained;- Assists in the operation of classroom equipment or students' assistive technology devices;- Assist in recording student progress towards goals and developing instructional materials and preparing graphs and charts;- Assists in modification of the general education curriculum;- P articipates in district training programs when requested and receives training in and implements non-violent behavioral intervention procedures;- Maintains confidentiality regarding student information and records.When a