Education and Experience: - Any combination equivalent to: a High School diploma or equivalent, and 48 hours of college credit hours that are degree eligible, plus one (1) year of experience working in a classroom environment containing students with special needs. Incumbents having additional college coursework may use it to substitute for some experience. Additional experience in an instruction support or healthcare environment may substitute for some post-secondary education. Licenses and other Requirements: - Valid First Aid/CPR certification within one (1) year of hire. - ABA and CPI certification. Knowledge of: - Principles and practices of age-appropriate child development and guidance applicable for an educational setting. - Subjects taught in the District’s schools, including arithmetic, grammar, spelling, language and reading, with sufficient competency to assist students with individual or group studies. - Basic teaching and instruction methods. - Basic clerical and record keeping processes. - Special education programs. - Medical and therapeutic protocols and procedures used for student hygiene and comfort. - Personal computers, audiovisual, and other equipment to support learning, record information, and send communications. - Human relation skills to work productively and cooperatively with teachers, students, and parents in formal and informal settings, to exercise patience when conveying information to students having difficulty with verbal and written communications and demonstrate sensitivity to the special needs of students.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. - Perform indoors in an office and/or classroom/laboratory environment engaged in work of primarily a sedentary to a moderately active nature. - Stand or sit for extended periods of time depending on task. - Visual acuity to read and write printed materials and computer screens. - Hearing and speech ability for ordinary and telephonic conversation, to speak to groups, and to hear sound prompts from equipment. - Move about office, classroom/laboratory, and school grounds, to tutor, assist with presentations, and reach work materials. - Manual and finger dexterity to demonstrate teaching aids, to point out important words/figures to students, and to operate personal computers. - Lift, carry, push, and move supplies, fixtures, wheelchairs, etc., of light-to-medium weight (under 50 lbs.) on a regular basis, and heavy weight (under 75 lbs.) without labor saving equipment on an intermittent basis. PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING WITH THE COMPLETED APPLICATION: