Special Education Instructional Assistant (Grades 9 - 12)

Applitrack; United States; On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Applitrack is seeking a Special Education Instructional Assistant for grades 9-12 at Daniel Boone High School. The role supports teachers by providing specialized academic and physical training to students with disabilities, and requires minimal high school education with potential on-the-job training.

Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, mobility, clerical tasks, student management, and operating learning materials while adhering to safety procedures and school policies.

Qualifications

• Not less than a high school education or general equivalency diploma.
• At least one (1) year of experience so that with appropriate training, service may be provided in the specific role.
• Meets necessary health and physical qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Attends to the personal needs of the handicapped student.
• Helps students to walk, board buses, put on prosthetic appliances, eat, dress, and perform other physical activities as their needs arise.
• Provides clerical assistance to teachers.
• Assists with student management.
• Sets up and operates learning/development equipment and materials.
• Assumes responsibility for knowing and following the safety rules and proper procedures associated with the responsibilities of the job; and
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Special Education Instructional Assistant (Grades 9 - 12) JobID: 1955

• Position Type: Support Staff/ Special Education Instructional Assistant
• Date Posted: 9/25/2026
• Location: Daniel Boone High School

ROLE:

Instructional Assistant (Physically Handicapped Students)

Education and Experiences:

• Not less than a high school education or general equivalency diploma;
• At least one (1) year of experience so that with appropriate training, service may be provided in thespecific role for which employed; and
• Meets necessary health and physical qualifications.

Summary:

To assist teachers in giving specialized academic and physical training to students with disabilities.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Attends to the personal needs of the handicapped student;
• Helps students to walk, board buses, put on prosthetic appliances, eat, dress, and per form other physical activities as their needs arise;
• Provides clerical assistance to teachers;
• Assists with student management;
• Sets up and operates learning/development equipment and materials;
• Assumes responsibility for knowing and following the safety rules and proper procedures associated with the responsibilities of the job; and
• Perform other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a student, if assigned to elementary school, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:

• Pushing and/or pulling
• Climbing and/or balancing
• Stooping, kneeling and/or crawling
• Reaching
• Talking
• Hearing

VOCATIONAL PREPARATION

The required vocational preparation may come from any of the following:

• Vocational education
• On-the-job training
• Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.
• Adaptability to dealing with students.
• Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.

CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.

• Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments.
• Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
• Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and skillfully.
• Form Perception: Ability to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures.
• Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.

WORK CONDITION

Normal working environment.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so assigned.