Special Education REACH Aide - Empower IEP Learning

BUSH ELEMENTARY; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Alief Independent School District's Bush Elementary in Houston, TX is seeking a 2026-2027 Special Education REACH Aide to support teachers in implementing IEPs and facilitating instructional activities for students with disabilities. Responsibilities include assisting with instructional materials, data collection on IEP objectives, clerical tasks, and supervising students during meals and activities.

The role requires strong organizational and communication skills and a commitment to

Qualifications

• Demonstrate interest in and aptitude for work to be performed.
• Computer skills helpful.
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Able to maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders.
• Excellent organization, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to multi-task activities.

Responsibilities

• Engage students in instructional activities under the direction of the teacher.
• Help students master instructional materials assigned by teachers.
• Perform clerical duties in support of the special education classroom (record student attendance, reproduce instructional materials, type forms, create bulletin boards and classroom displays, etc.).
• Assist in the modification of instructional materials.
• Administer, score and record achievement and diagnostic tests, objective-type teacher-made tests and quizzes, and grades as the teacher recommends for students.
• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce learning of material or skills initially taught by the teacher.
• Collect and record data related to students' IEP objectives and educational plans.
• Catalogue and file instructional materials; maintain an inventory of supplies and equipment, and prepare orders/requisitions for needed materials.
• Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in other forms of oral communication with students.
• Operate equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Assist students in the library or media center.
• Assist with the supervision of students during lunch periods, assemblies, play periods, and movement of group to special classes.
• Maintain a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of teachers.
• Participate in training as assigned.
• Provide explicit instruction to small groups of students using a lesson plan designed by the teacher.
• Support classroom teacher in maintaining a positive learning environment and maintaining student discipline.
• Perform the following personal hygiene functions when assigned per students' needs: bathing/cleaning; clothes changing; diapering; feeding; maintaining facial hair; maintaining menstrual hygiene; maintaining nasal hygiene; and toileting and/or toilet training.
• Perform the following medically related services when assigned per students' needs, following training by a nurse: cleaning catheter; tube-feeding; suctioning; lifting/transferring (minimum of 50 pounds); monitoring seizure activity; and performing cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
• Perform the following physical/behavioral management procedures when assigned per students' needs: administering therapeutic holds; administering physical restraints; monitoring scheduled reinforcement; monitoring students who are in isolation; escorting for students with visual impairments (Orientation & Mobility); and transferring students in wheelchairs and/or other mobility devices.
• Perform the following specialized services when assigned per students' needs: transcribing Braille; monitoring augmentative communication devices; utilizing facilitated communication; and supervising students during community-based instruction.
• Demonstrate and maintain competence in delivering PCS in accordance with IEP requirements.
• Perform PCS tasks as specified in each student's IEP.
• Maintain timely and accurate documentation of all SHARS billable PCS activities.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Organization

Multitasking

Computer skills

Teamwork

Education

High School diploma or GED

Paraprofessional certification eligibility

Job description

Alief Independent School District's Bush Elementary in Houston, TX is seeking a 2026-2027 Special Education REACH Aide to support teachers in implementing IEPs and facilitating instructional activities for students with disabilities. Responsibilities include assisting with instructional materials, data collection on IEP objectives, clerical tasks, and supervising students during meals and activities.

The role requires strong organizational and communication skills and a commitment to