Special Education Aide - Liberty Junior High

Richardson Independent School District; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Richardson Independent School District is seeking a dedicated school support assistant to help teachers with instructional materials and classroom displays, maintain a safe learning environment, and assist in lesson delivery. The role requires working with diverse students and maintaining confidentiality in all interactions.

The position involves supporting individual students or small groups to reach grade-level proficiency, supervising in areas such as cafeteria and playground, and assisting

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Experience working with children.
• Ability to work with children from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds.
• Demonstrate organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Responsible, able to work independently, and multitask.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding students, staff and parents at all times.

Responsibilities

• Assist teacher with instructional materials and classroom displays.
• Help to maintain a safe and orderly classroom environment.
• Assist the teacher as needed with lesson plans, make instructional presentations, conduct discussions, encourage practice, and correct students' work in a manner that promotes competence.
• Establish a positive rapport with students, parents and school personnel.
• Work with individual students or small groups so that they may attain grade-level proficiency, and to remediate diagnosed weaknesses.
• Assist students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs and personal hygiene, cafeteria, bus and playground monitoring.
• Help manage behavior of students which includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerious student behavior as needed
• Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative and emotional needs
• Attend appropriate and required staff development to enhance instruction
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Diversity awareness

Organization

Interpersonal skills

Confidentiality

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

• Ability to work with children from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds


• Demonstrate organizational and interpersonal skills


• Responsible, able to work independently, and multitask


• Maintain confidentiality regarding students, staff and parents at all times
  

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent


• Experience working with children


• Ability to work with children from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds


• Demonstrate organizational and interpersonal skills


• Responsible, able to work independently, and multitask


• Maintain confidentiality regarding students, staff and parents at all times
  

Major Responsibilities

• Assist teacher with instructional materials and classroom displays


• Help to maintain a safe and orderly classroom environment


• Assist the teacher as needed with lesson plans, make instructional presentations, conduct discussions, encourage practice, and correct students' work in a manner that promotes competence


• Establish a positive rapport with students, parents and school personnel


• Work with individual students or small groups so that they may attain grade-level proficiency, and to remediate diagnosed weaknesses


• Assist students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs and personal hygiene, cafeteria, bus and playground monitoring


• Help manage behavior of students which includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerious student behavior as needed


• Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student's special medical, physical, communicative and emotional needs


• Attend appropriate and required staff development to enhance instruction


• Other duties as assigned