Special Education Aide — Impactful Student Support

Walnut Hills Elementary; Waukee (IA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

IPERS retirement account

Health and dental Insurance paid for  

Generous leave package

Job summary

Walnut Hills Elementary in Waukee, IA seeks a Special Education Associate for a full-time position (7 hours 10 minutes per day, including a 30-minute unpaid lunch). Starting date: Immediately.

You will support the classroom teacher by reinforcing learning with individuals or small groups and help implement behavior support plans. Responsibilities include supervising large and small groups, reading to students, assisting with lunch and routines, data collection, and maintaining confidentiality.

Qualifications

• High School diploma preferred.
• Experience as an associate preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assist the teacher in devising strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.
• Support generalization of skills in an integrated setting.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills.
• Demonstrate collaborative skills in a team environment.
• Support PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Support) for all students in all settings.
• Operate and care for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Distribute and collect workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction.
• Implement a behavior support plan.
• Maximize use of time throughout the day.
• Guide independent work, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Assist with the supervision of the students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Assist with such large group and small group activities.
• Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in such other forms of oral communication with students.
• Assist with lunch, snack, and cleanup routines.
• Assist with wash-up and toilet routines if needed.
• Serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Maintain the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Assist with accurate data collection.
• Commit to ongoing professional growth to support the unique needs of individual students.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

High School diploma

Job description

Walnut Hills Elementary in Waukee, IA seeks a Special Education Associate for a full-time position (7 hours 10 minutes per day, including a 30-minute unpaid lunch). Starting date: Immediately.

You will support the classroom teacher by reinforcing learning with individuals or small groups and help implement behavior support plans. Responsibilities include supervising large and small groups, reading to students, assisting with lunch and routines, data collection, and maintaining confidentiality.