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Job ID: 2413
Job Title: Special Education Personal Care Attendant (2024-2025)
Location: Guyer High School
Date Posted: 5/14/2024
Date Closed:
Position Type: Clerical or Paraprofessional
Position: Personal Care Attendant (PCA)
Reports to: Campus Principal and Executive Director of Special Education
Wage/Hour Status: Nonexempt
Compensation Plan: Clerical/Paraprofessional
Pay Grade: 01
Minimum Salary: $ 22,814
Duty Days: 187 days per year
Primary Purpose:
Personal Care Attendant (PCA): the Personal Care Attendant, under the supervision of the classroom teacher, provides direct care and support to one or more children with disabilities to accommodate full implementation of the students' individual education plans. The PCA's care and support for students may be in the areas of orientation, mobility, walking, eating, dressing, toileting, personal hygiene, communicating, focusing, cuing, redirecting, staying on task, behavioral change and control, accessing instructional settings and opportunities, or in any other area of daily living that supports each student's IEP. The Personal Care Attendant will share their time across assigned students in a manner that provides equal support for each student. In the situation where no assigned student is in immediate need of support, the PCA will conduct other special education duties, as have been previously assigned or to be assigned. These special education duties may include such things as copying, scoring, filing, data collecting, as well as other duties. When a student is not in immediate need of care and support, the PCA is responsible for actively seeking those assignments from designated special education personnel.
Qualifications:
Education and Certification
Experience
Special Knowledge and Skills
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
Instructional Support
Other Related Duties:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Tools and Equipment Used: Standard office equipment including computer and peripherals; standard instructional equipment; other specialized and adaptive equipment used by students, including wheelchair lift and ramp
Posture: Frequent standing; kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting
Motion: Frequent walking, standing, and reaching; possible running
Lifting: Frequent light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); May require regular heavy lifting (45 pounds or over) and positioning or students with physical disabilities, controlling behavior through physical restraint, assisting nonambulatory students, and lifting and moving adaptive and other classroom equipment; Employee may on occasion be required to gain CPI training and utilize CPI techniques.
Environment: Work inside and outside (exposure to sun, heat, cold, and inclement weather); exposure to noise; exposure to biological hazards (bacteria, communicable diseases); may require occasional district-wide and statewide travel
Mental Demands: Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress
This document describes the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES:
District Employees
Interested candidates must complete and submit the Denton ISD on-line Internal Application atwww.Dentonisd.org. Upload employment credentials and a current résumé detailing experience, qualifications and professional accomplishments.
Out of District Applicants
Interested candidates must complete and submit the Denton ISD on-line External Application at www.Dentonisd.org. Upload employment credentials and a current résumé detailing experience, qualifications and professional accomplishments.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Position will remain vacant until qualified applicant is employed.
THE DENTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Full Time
$26k-36k (estimate)
05/16/2024
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