FLSA: Non-Exempt

SALARY SCHEDULE: Hourly | Link to https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/Page/2906

PAY GRADE: $17.68 per hour

BENEFITS: Our employee benefits package includes medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance. Visit our website for full details.

SUPERVISOR: Special Education Teacher

Last Updated: 09/30/2022

SUMMARY: Under the guidance of licensed special education staff, assist students with severe special education needs by helping individuals or small groups of students with curriculum, implementing programming, generalizing learned skills, and implementing behavior strategies. Assist licensed special education staff by preparing student materials, monitoring students, and recording student achievement and progress. Provide technical physical care for students. Maintain a clean and hygienic work environment where appropriate. Assignments include: Autism Classroom, Behavior Development Classroom (BD), Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH), Early Childhood Severe Needs, Integrated Learning Center (ILC), Severe Emotional Disturbance (SED), and Transition Programming. When working in an online/remote environment, provide support to students by assisting them with access to remote learning, re-teaching curriculum, implementing programming, setting up executive functioning strategies, generalizing learned skills, and completing assignments.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The following tasks describe the basic functions of the job. The following frequencies and percentage of time spent are approximations only.

SHARED JOB DUTIES ACROSS ASSIGNMENTS:

• Assist students with classroom activities, including adapting the curriculum to individual student needs. Assist with curriculum delivery to both individuals and small groups to ensure generalization of skills. [Daily 35%]
• Implement student accommodations, supports, modifications, procedures, and programming outlined in the student's Individual Education Plan (IEP). Maintain records of student progress and behavior in conjunction with licensed staff, which may include special reports, providing feedback, and reporting observations to the Individualized Education Program (IEP) team. [Daily, 30%]
• Assist special education licensed staff in preparing materials, administering tests, attendance, etc. Assist with paperwork and documentation as needed. Assist with other classroom events, such as fire drills, as necessary. [Daily, 5%]
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested. [Daily, 5%]

DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING (DHH) ASSIGNMENT JOB DUTIES:

• Develop student language, vocabulary, reading, and writing using sign language for students who need a signing para-educator. [Daily, 25%]

INTEGRATED LEARNING CENTER (ILC) ASSIGNMENT JOB DUTIES:

• Monitor students and reinforce appropriate behavior for individual student needs. Assist in verbal de-escalation and non-violent crisis interventions to reduce the risk of self-harm and harm to others. Assist student development of social interactions or communication between students with special needs and general education peers. [Daily, 15%]
• Provide technical physical care for students with special needs as assigned, which may include toileting, grooming, cleaning ventilation devices, feeding, care of gastrostomy tube (G-tube), positioning, and improving range of motion (Autism Classroom or ILC). [Daily, 10%]

SEVERE EMOTONAL DISTURBANCE (SED) ASSIGNMENT JOB DUTIES:

• Monitor students and reinforce appropriate behavior for individual student needs. Assist in verbal de-escalation and non-violent crisis interventions to reduce the risk of self-harm and harm to others. Assist student development of social interactions or communication between students with special needs and general education peers. [Daily, 25%]

ONLINE/REMOTE ENVIRONMENT JOB DUTIES:

• Assist small groups of students or individuals with online classroom activities, during synchronous or asynchronous learning, including curriculum accommodations or modifications. Assist with curriculum delivery or practice to ensure generalization of skills. If working in DHH Program, develop student language, vocabulary, reading, and writing using sign language for students who need a signing para-educator. [Daily, 75%]
• Prepare assignments for students to complete at home and support students in completing assigned work. [Daily, 10%]
• Maintain records of student progress and behavior in conjunction with the licensed staff, which may include special reports, providing feedback, and reporting observations to the Individualized Education Program team. [Daily, 9%]
• Support students in troubleshooting technology issues. [Daily, 5%]
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested. [Daily, 1%]

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Current Cherry Creek School District student.
• No experience required.
• Basic knowledge of typical office equipment such as telephones, copiers, fax machines, email, etc.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Intermediate verbal and written communication skills.
• Intermediate interpersonal relations skills.
• Intermediate organizational skills.
• Ability to work alone and with others.
• Ability to appropriately modify curriculum.
• Ability to implement behavior modification techniques.
• Ability to diffuse and manage volatile and stressful situations.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the job.
• Ability to work one-on-one and in small groups with students.
• If working in the DHH Program, ability to understand the impacts of hearing loss on learning and social interaction.
• Criminal background check and fingerprinting required for hire.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATIONS:

All certifications, licenses, and registrations must be valid and unexpired.

• Mandatory biennial Crisis Prevention Intervention training provided by the District for staff working in an Autism, Behaviorally Disordered, or ILC assignment.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working in a school district or educational setting.
• Experience working with students, including students with autism, behavior challenges, medically fragile conditions, hearing or vision loss, or intellectual disabilities.
• Experience working in a special education environment.
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Racially conscious and culturally competent with the skill, will, capacity, and knowledge to commit to a culture of continuous improvement.
• CPR and First Aid certification.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Very heavy physical effort.
• Lifting 50 pounds.
• Prolonged standing and walking.
• Frequent bending, reaching, and climbing.
• Frequent lifting, pulling, and/or pushing.
• Squatting.
• Overhead work.
• Eye/hand coordination (e.g., typing, ten key).
• Visual concentration.
• Concentrated reading/writing/mathematics.
• May work outdoors when monitoring student activities.
• May be required to perform physical restraint depending on assignment.
• May be required to assist students with custodial needs (feeding, toilet, etc.) depending on assignment.
• Normal school district environment that may include potential volatile outbursts.