Special Ed Classroom Assist (SPED Instruction)

Chicago Public Schools
Chicago, IL
Category Education
Job Description
Assists Special Education teachers in elementary and high schools in reinforcing efforts with children with various disabilities, including physical disabilities, visual and hearing impairments, learning disabilities, behavior disorders, emotional impairments, and mental impairments in accordance with each students' Individual Education Program (IEP); lifts and positions non-ambulatory students during the school day as instructed by the teacher and in adherence to written instruction from students' personal physicians; provides one-on-one tutoring services for students to present or reinforce learning concepts; provides one-on-one personal hygiene services for students with severe disabilities, including toileting, changing soiled diapers, and cleaning soiled children regardless of age; assists students with orthopedic impairments by arranging and adjusting tools, work aids, and equipment used by students in classrooms, including but not limited to specially equipped worktables, positioning equipment, wheelchairs, tape recorders, computers, communication devices, and mechanized page turners; assists teacher in instructing students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and economic self-sufficiency; accompanies students to swimming pools and medical clinics to assist in removing clothing and performing other personal services which students are unable to perform themselves; assists in feeding students unable to do so themselves; takes notes in classrooms for students unable to do so themselves; corrects homework assignments and examination materials; assists teachers in maintaining written records of students' behavior; accompanies students and teachers on class field trips; attends and participates in workshops and in service training to update job related skills.

Requirements

  • Assists Special Education teachers
  • Reinforces efforts with children with various disabilities
  • Lifts and positions non-ambulatory students
  • Provides one-on-one tutoring services
  • Provides one-on-one personal hygiene services
  • Assists students with orthopedic impairments
  • Instructs students in daily living skills
  • Accompanies students to swimming pools and medical clinics
  • Assists in feeding students
  • Takes notes in classrooms
  • Corrects homework assignments and examination materials
  • Assists teachers in maintaining written records of students' behavior
  • Accompanies students and teachers on class field trips
  • Attends and participates in workshops and in service training

Benefits

  • Health & Wellness
  • Financial Security
  • Work-Life Balance
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