Para Special Education Low Incidence (2025-2026 School Year)

Para Special Education Low Incidence job description for the 2025-2026 school year at Truesdell Middle School. The Para Sped Low Incidence will assist the teacher in the education of students with special needs, including instructional assistance, organization, record keeping, and management of student behavior.

Requirements

• Supervises students in class setting as directed by the teacher or other staff
• Assists in managing classroom routines and procedures
• Assists in the interventions to redirect behavior, assesses crisis situations and intervenes to defuse situations, documents any occurrences, provides feedback to develop positive self-esteem of student
• Provides individual and/or group instruction which may include regular education students in academic areas after initial instruction by teacher
• Assists students to and from assigned areas within the building to facilitate integration efforts
• Assists the teacher in the physical setup of the classroom for group instruction, projects, and activities
• Assists in the integration of technology into the classroom
• Participates in effective teaming skills, collaboration, conflict resolution and communication
• Maintains high level of confidentiality of information regarding students and staff information and issues
• Models appropriate behavior for students
• Develops and maintains a professional rapport with classroom teacher and other staff
• Communicates with students, parents, instructional and support staff by letter, phone, e-mail, fax or personal contact as directed by the administrator or classroom teacher
• Assists students with basic needs including but not limited to self-care, hygiene, feeding, (may include tube feeding), toileting, diapering, dressing and physical transfers
• Possesses the manual dexterity, physical ability and stamina for a full day of physical activity

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance