Special Education Support Aide – IEP & 1:1 Help

Sylvania; Tucson (AZ); Hybrid; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recruitment stipend

Retention stipend

Job summary

Sylvania seeks an Educational Support specialist to assist students with disabilities in a Tucson-area school. This role supports IEP-driven activities, tutoring, and data entry while coordinating with teachers and medical staff as needed.

The position is 9 months, 35 hours per week, with a shift toward supporting classroom learning and testing. CPR/First Aid and AZ driver’s license are required; a recruitment stipend is offered during onboarding.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of accepted techniques and methods working with persons with disabilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing and perform mathematical calculations.
• Demonstrated general proficiency in computer programs such as Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook and with specialized computer-based equipment and software.
• Knowledge of all basic first aid methods, including CPR.

Responsibilities

• Provides a safe and supportive environment so students with special needs may fully access their education.
• Accompanies and assists students throughout the school day as necessitated by the IEP.
• Provides academic tutoring/remediation, 1:1 or in small group settings under the direction of a certified teacher.
• May transcribe instructional materials into Braille as needed.
• Assists and trains students in all areas of self-care as needed, including feeding, hygiene, dressing, mobility.
• Performs medical tasks as assigned under the direction or instruction of licensed medical providers (nurses, doctors) including, but not limited to catheterizations, care of trachea tubes, gastric tube feeding, etc.
• Maintains required records and files, performs Medicaid billings.
• Performs administrative and clerical duties as assigned (typing, filing, copying, data entry, meeting schedules, material preparation).
• Assists students with organizing activities, scheduling events, processing paperwork and other related activities.
• Assist with instruction of groups (priority): works one-on-one and in small groups with students on specific needs; monitors behaviors for behavior plans. Assist teacher in modifying student assignments as needed.
• Assists with informal student testing/monitoring of objectives (priority) – e.g. sight words, math facts, reading inventories, fluency checks.
• Performs classroom duties: bulletin boards; calendars; organizing/maintaining orderliness of classroom centers.
• May assist with IEP/paperwork on a limited basis.
• Completes and sends meeting notice forms, vision/hearing screening forms; creates goals/objectives checklists; distributes teacher input/communication forms.
• Schedules and contacts parents for IEP, CST, and MET meetings.
• Assists with proctoring state testing.
• May grade student work and record student goals/grades onto spreadsheets.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Skills

Disability support

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

First aid

CPR

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

CPR/AED/First Aid Certification

AZ Driver’s License

Fingerprint clearance

Job description

Sylvania seeks an Educational Support specialist to assist students with disabilities in a Tucson-area school. This role supports IEP-driven activities, tutoring, and data entry while coordinating with teachers and medical staff as needed.

The position is 9 months, 35 hours per week, with a shift toward supporting classroom learning and testing. CPR/First Aid and AZ driver’s license are required; a recruitment stipend is offered during onboarding.