Supervisory Special Education Aide at SchoolSpring in Martinsburg, WV

Summary: Berkeley County Schools provides educational services to students in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The Supervisory Special Education Aide assists teachers with instructional and non-instructional classroom activities, primarily supporting students with multiple disabilities and/or medical support needs. The role provides assistance with behavior management, communication, daily living, academic, vocational, recreational, and personal care activities while supervising students.

Responsibilities:
- Communicates, collaborates, and cooperates with colleagues, supervisors, and students
- Assists teacher in routine classroom operation
- Demonstrates understanding of student's disability; keeps firm hand and is courteous and fair
- Demonstrates initiative and creativity with students and their program
- Maintains classroom including preparing bulletin boards
- Attends Open house, conferences on a voluntary or as requested basis
- Keeps records, writes lessons on the board, and corrects student's work
- Loads/unloads wheelchair bound students on bus, and/or waits with students for transportation
- Manages and instructs small groups of students when the teacher is not available
- Instructs and demonstrates use of exercise equipment and production machinery
- Participates in physical activities, which are a part of the students' basic program
- Assists students in the restroom as necessary, and may have to change diapers and other hygiene related procedures
- Be flexible in schedule and activities throughout the day
- Help or assist with duplicating and collecting educational paperwork
- Complete necessary training and in-service as required by the County
- Supervises students

Required Qualifications:
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED). State mandated competency exam
- Ability to read, write and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos
- Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to staff, parents, students and administrators
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detail but uninvolved written or oral instructions
- Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations
- Ability to work with emotionally, physically and/or mentally impaired students
- Ability to maintain composure under stressful conditions
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with students, staff and the school community
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
- Ability to perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and Board of Education policies
- Understanding of confidentiality and commitment to abide by confidentiality regulations
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds such as adaptive equipment and supplies
- The employee must frequently push/pull up to 90 pounds such as grocery carts filled with supplies or student wheel chairs
- The employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms
- The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and talk or hear
- The employee is occasionally required to sit, to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- The employee is occasionally required to bend at the trunk more than the average person
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, and peripheral vision
- The employee needs to be able to tell where a sound is coming from and hear in a noisy environment
- Applicants who have been dismissed or have had their contracts non-renewed for cause are not eligible for consideration
- Applicants who receive unfavorable reference recommendations will not be eligible for consideration
- Applicants must complete the entire application and provide all documents required

Required Skills: Special Education Student Support, State-Mandated Competency Exam, Confidentiality Compliance

Benefits: Competitive benefits package equal to approximately 35% of direct compensation