SPED Aide

Job Description

Special Education Aide

Primary Purpose:

To support the classroom teacher with monitoring of the learning center and facilitating students’ learning progress.

Special Knowledge/Skills:

• Ability to work with children, love for children and learning
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing

Experience:

• Experience working with and teaching children preferred

Responsibilities and Duties:

Classroom Support

• Primary responsibility is to support the classroom teacher
• Foster a love of learning and celebrate scholar successes.
• Model and promote BA character traits to scholars and stress the importance of each scholar being a responsible, contributing citizen to society. Recognize and reward scholars for displaying BA character traits and uphold zero tolerance for bullying and disrespect.
• Implement the technology and software programs provided by BA, operating, and using technology for optimum results. Ensure scholars also know how to operate and use technology and software provided.
• Support the teacher in monitoring and assessing scholars’ daily work to reflect excellence in neatness, thoroughness, and scholar mastery of instructional goals. Collaboratively work with the classroom teacher(s) to ensure scholars do their best in every subject and use neat legible handwriting on assignments. Anything but a scholar’s BEST is unacceptable.

Management & Organization

• Always supervise scholars with your full attention (including recess, enrichment, lunch, PE…etc.) and implement school rules/procedures (including consequences).
• Manage and take ownership of scholar discipline in ALL areas of the school.
• Follow school drills and sub protocol procedures in accordance with the Parent/Scholar Handbook and utilize the Handbook as a first point of reference.
• Maintain a neat, clean, orderly, safe, and educationally centered environment that demonstrates BA standards of excellence. BA staff take ownership of the campus and instill this in scholars daily.
• Have flexibility in your schedule and show up on time to the places you are scheduled.
• Work collaboratively with team members to ensure that you exude excellence in any responsibilities given (examples given, but not limited to cafeteria duty, janitorial responsibilities, carline duty, dismissal duty, filing, substitute teaching, copy and/or distributing copies).
• Help perform daily uniform checks and understand scholars are expected to follow the BA appearance guidelines.
• Ensure when helping with scholar folders/files neatness and attention to detail.
• Make requested copies and ensure copies are straight, pages are aligned, and the task is completed in accordance with the instructions given.
• Follow detailed instructions well.

Professionalism & Communication

• Demonstrate professionalism by being in regular attendance and arriving on time to work, staff meetings, tutorials, cafeteria duty, car drop-off, car dismissal, parent nights and other assigned duties.
• Complete required trainings on time.
• Work cooperatively to create an atmosphere of unity among the school community and refrain from gossip, negativity and unsupportive comments.
• Demonstrate professionalism at ALL times. I will exercise wisdom by remaining calm, respectful, and non-defensive during parent meetings, disagreements, and personal attacks.
• Utilize professional communication with strong grammar, syntax, usage and/or spelling skills during phone conversations, personal conversations, emails, and social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. I will refrain from attacking others, fighting, or engaging in controversial subjects on social media. I will use professional communication on and off campus, refraining from attacking others, fighting, or engaging in controversial subjects on social media. Professional communication is used on and off campus.
• Exhibit professionalism in appearance and follow the BA standard of dress. I will apply this standard of dress to social media posts in regards to modesty in dress and action (ex: swimsuit, cleavage, & shirtless pictures, in addition to post with alcohol, cigarettes and bars etc.).
• Check staff email a minimum of three times daily during normal working hours and commit to read updates, notes, and employee notices in a timely manner.

Equipment Used:

• Computer, copier, and audiovisual equipment

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

• Maintain emotional control under stress
• Frequent standing, stooping, bending
• The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job. This is not an exhaustive list of all the responsibilities, duties, and skills that may be assigned or required.