Student Support Aide: Compassionate Classroom Assistant

Aveanna Healthcare; Exton (PA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Aveanna Healthcare in Exton, PA is seeking a school-based aide to assist a student with direct care and daily living activities within a classroom setting, supporting confidentiality and professional boundaries. You will work closely with teachers to reinforce instructional activities, monitor behavior, assist with hygiene and mobility tasks, and help document progress.

This role requires a high school diploma and CPR certification; state-specific registrations may apply.

Qualifications

• High school graduate, GED or equivalent of education and training.
• Registration or Certification as required by state law and regulation.
• Current CPR certification.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a kind, upbeat, positive, considerate, and compassionate attitude.
• Act as a role-model exemplifying qualities of dignity and respect.
• Maintain working relationships with your student(s) and their teachers.
• Collaborate with teachers to support students' growth and development.
• Be willing to seek and accept advice, guidance, support, and feedback.
• Assists the teacher in maintaining student control, orderly behavior in the classroom, helps motivate the assigned student(s); cues appropriate behaviors, and refocuses the student(s) when necessary.
• Assists the assigned student(s) with instructional activities planned and developed by the teacher.
• Assists the assigned student(s) with review of teacher assignments; repeats/simplifies teacher presented instructions; helps student(s) in seatwork activities; redirection and prompting to task, and reviews material originally presented to students by the teacher.
• Assists the teacher in housekeeping tasks in the classroom.
• Tends to the personal needs of the assigned student(s), including toileting and other hygiene needs, wheelchair/walker transfers, feeding schedules, monitoring medical conditions and behavior management.
• Ensures IEPs are implemented and related documentation is maintained.
• Data collection as assigned by the teacher or administrator, including behavior charts, daily logs, progress monitoring, program charting, or daily summary notes.
• Accompanies the student(s) to arrival, lunch, dismissal, field trips, and activities outside the classroom as indicated in the IEP.
• Assists related services therapists/teachers as needed during therapy sessions.
• Other duties as assigned by the classroom teacher or building administrator.
• Help patient maintain good personal hygiene, such as bathing, toileting, grooming, and eating.
• Thorough completion and coordination of all required documentation and records.
• Observe and report significant changes in patient's condition to Supervisor.

Skills

Compassionate attitude

Team collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

Aveanna Healthcare in Exton, PA is seeking a school-based aide to assist a student with direct care and daily living activities within a classroom setting, supporting confidentiality and professional boundaries. You will work closely with teachers to reinforce instructional activities, monitor behavior, assist with hygiene and mobility tasks, and help document progress.

This role requires a high school diploma and CPR certification; state-specific registrations may apply.