Special Education Complex Support Needs Staff Assistant [ESP3613]

Classification Title: Staff Assistant II

Title: Special Education Complex Support Needs Staff Assistant

Calendar: A1, School Days

ESP Salary Schedule: Range 30 Step 1
Hours: 5.5/Day 27.5/Week

Location: Ogden High School

General Purpose

Responsible for providing intensive, specialized support to students with significant cognitive, physical, behavioral, or medical needs. The focus is managing safety, delivering care, and implementing individualized plans. Provide constant supervision in various settings, ensuring a safe environment. This job requires patience, empathy, emotional resilience, and the ability to build trust with individuals and families.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities

• Work one-on-one or in small groups to assist students in achieving educational, social, and life-skills goals under the direction of the Special Education Teacher.   
• Rotate groups periodically during the school day with teachers and other staff assistants. 
• May be required to assist students with his/her physical needs, such as feeding, diapering, toileting, pushing wheelchairs, lifting on and off bus, etc.
• Assist in maintaining classroom calendars, bulletin boards, and other room arrangements.  
• Provide reinforcement as prescribed by the Special Education Teacher, Therapists, or nurses.
• Provide hand over hand assistance for students as needed.
• Assist regular education teachers and special education students in mainstreaming (when special education students mainstreamed into regular education classrooms).
• Record data on individual student performance; and input student information on the computer. 
• May take children out in the community to participate.
• Assist in lesson preparation and presentation such as cutting, laminating, coping, die cutting, coloring, gluing, bulletin boards, room decorations and snack preparation.
• Use a data sheet to record progress of students on classroom simulations (money, shopping, banking, etc.).
• Provides prescribed behavioral support.
• Record engaged time for students.
• Assist students with complex support needs in reading, math, spelling, etc. and record student’s answers to assignment problems.
• Monitor life support equipment; keep detailed records on suctioning, ventilation settings, number of days students are absent, etc.
• Administer medication to the student as required.
• Apply behavior modification techniques to assist students in learning.
• May be trained on life support equipment, suctioning, catheterization, etc.
• Attend conferences and training as recommended  
• Follow the plans outlined by the Specialized Teachers, Therapists, and nurses  according to the student’s individualized educational plan.  
• Conduct exercises with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce speech training.
• Record student activities for use by the Therapists; documents progress of students.
• Prepare materials to supplement Therapist’s assigned activities; make own files to refer to student’s progress.
• May assist  students in the classroom in basic language skills and listening comprehension.
• Assist with sanitation of classrooms and bathrooms.
• Provide a consistent atmosphere for children and teachers by being in attendance daily.  
• Other classroom duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• One (1) year of related experience preferred

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements

• The job occasionally requires light physical exertion including walking, standing, motor vehicle operation and other forms of light physical activity.
• The job occasionally requires a moderate level of physical exertion such as handling medium weight materials (11-50 pounds), extensive standing, walking, crawling, bending, stooping or climbing, or assisting special education students with their physical needs.
• Work is occasionally carried out in mildly disagreeable conditions.  Work involves exposure to unpleasant elements such as noise, ventilation, crowded nature of work, exposure to outside weather conditions, pressures related to sensitive situations, sitting;/standing in one position for an extended period of time, etc., that yield a perceptible level of discomfort.
• Typically involves contact with students, parents, teachers, principal, assistant principal and/or other staff members.