SPED Paraprofessional: Empower Students & Support Classrooms

Waller High School; Waller (TX); On-site; USD 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Waller High School in Waller, Texas, is hiring a Paraprofessional-Specialized Services to support students enrolled in SPED programs (ISET/RESET/SAILS/ECSE). You will work under the supervision of a special education teacher to assist with physical, social, emotional, and instructional needs and to help students transition to general education settings.

The role includes assisting with daily student care, adapting instructional materials, collecting progress data, and helping maintain a

Qualifications

• Two years experience working with children.

Responsibilities

• Help meet the individual needs of students, including transferring them to and from wheelchairs, lifting and positioning them, and signing or interpreting instructions for them, etc.
• Help students take care of physical needs and personal care including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
• Help manage the behavior of assigned students. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed.
• Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
• Work with assigned students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by the teacher.
• Assist in supervising students throughout the day; inside and outside the classroom; in the cafeteria, in the hallway, at the drop-off/pick-up line and bus stop, on the bus, on the playground, on field trips; before and after school hours when in the school’s care; and at other times and locations as assigned.
• Keep teachers informed of special needs or problems of assigned students.

Skills

Ability to work well with children

Ability to follow verbal and written

Ability to communicate effectively

Bilingual (preferred)

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Texas Education Aide Certification Preferred

Job description

Waller High School in Waller, Texas, is hiring a Paraprofessional-Specialized Services to support students enrolled in SPED programs (ISET/RESET/SAILS/ECSE). You will work under the supervision of a special education teacher to assist with physical, social, emotional, and instructional needs and to help students transition to general education settings.

The role includes assisting with daily student care, adapting instructional materials, collecting progress data, and helping maintain a