Essential Skills Aide

Greenwood Community Schools; United States; On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Greenwood Community Schools is hiring a Special Education Assistant for Greenwood Middle School. The role involves supporting students with physical, emotional, or learning disabilities, ensuring a safe and inclusive environment under teacher supervision.

This position requires a compassionate individual with a high school diploma, excellent interpersonal skills, and the physical stamina to assist students with mobility challenges.

Qualifications

• Minimum of a high school diploma.
• Ability to work compassionately with students, teachers, and parents.
• Capacity to handle stressful situations and respond to varying student needs.
• Often requires lifting, bending, and walking to assist with student mobility.

Responsibilities

• Reinforce lessons introduced by teachers, assist with assignments, and manage specialized technology or learning tools.
• Follow behavioral plans, monitor student behavior, and intervene during crises.
• Assist with personal hygiene, toileting, feeding, and physical mobility.
• Monitor students in classrooms, cafeterias, and during transportation.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Patience and Adaptability

Physical Stamina

Education

High school diploma

Job description

• Position Type: Support Staff / Special Education Assistant
• Date Posted: 6/4/2026
• Location: Greenwood Middle School
• Date Available: 8/3/26

A Special Needs Aide supports students with physical, emotional, or learning disabilities by following Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), providing one-on-one academic and behavioral support, aiding with personal care (such as toileting or mobility), and ensuring a safe, inclusive environment under teacher supervision.

Core Responsibilities and Duties

• Instructional Support: Reinforce lessons introduced by teachers, assist with assignments, and manage specialized technology or learning tools.
• Behavioral Intervention: Follow behavioral plans, monitor student behavior, and intervene during crises.
• Personal Care and Safety: Assist with personal hygiene, toileting, feeding, and physical mobility (e.g., lifting students, operating wheelchairs).
• Supervision: Monitor students in classrooms, cafeterias, and during transportation.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Education: Minimum of a high school diploma.
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to work compassionately with students, teachers, and parents.
• Patience and Adaptability: Capacity to handle stressful situations and respond to varying student needs.
• Physical Stamina: Often requires lifting, bending, and walking to assist with student mobility.

Key Working Conditions

• Aides work in various settings, including self-contained classrooms, inclusion classrooms, and community-based activities.
• They often work under the direction of special education teachers, therapists, and behavioral specialists.