Special Education Aide - Positive Academic… at SchoolSpring · Denton

Summary: Denton Independent School District is seeking a Special Education Aide to assist teachers in providing instructional support for students with disabilities. The role involves helping with classroom management, student supervision, and personal care for students with special needs.

Responsibilities:
- Helps teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays
- Helps maintain a neat and orderly classroom
- Helps with inventory, care, and maintenance of equipment
- Helps teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports
- Provides orientation and assistance to substitute teachers
- Assists students with physical disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting, or positioning
- Assists students with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene
- Helps manage behavior of students. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed
- Assumes responsibility for learning and adapting to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs
- Works with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher
- Helps supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom. This includes lunchroom, bus, and playground duty
- Keeps teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students
- Follows district safety protocols and emergency procedures
- Participates in professional development, department meetings, and special events as assigned
- Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or equivalent and ability to pass a rigorous content-oriented exam
- Associate degree or 48 semester hours of college credit
- Current Texas educational aide certificate or ability to obtain
- Some experience working with children
- Ability to work well with children with disabilities
- Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
- Ability to exercise good judgment in handling confidential information
- Excellent organizational, communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills

Required Skills: Texas educational aide certificate, Instructional material preparation, Behavior management, Student supervision, Physical assistance for students with disabilities, Crisis intervention and physical restraint, Confidential information handling