Dedicated Aide - 26/27 SY

Creative Minds International PCS•Columbia, WA

About The Position

Dedicated Aides at Creative Minds International provide an inviting, exciting, learning environment for students. They support student engagement in meaningful learning opportunities. Dedicated Aides, under the direction of the Academic Directors, will assist with specialized instruction and related services for students with significant academic deficits and/or emotional disorders, autism, developmental delays in one or more areas, intense behavioral challenges, multiple learning problems, and other related disorders.

Requirements

Excellent communication skills
Demonstrated ability and experience to engage the interest of school-age children
Prior experience in a public or private school, preferably in an urban setting
Demonstrated ability to work well with parents
Demonstrated ability to work effectively as a team member
Patience, flexibility, and a willingness to take risks
Consistent reflection on her/his own teaching practices
Experience working with linguistically and ethnically diverse student populations and children with developmental differences
Demonstrated commitment to professional growth and eagerness to learn
Demonstrated commitment to the well-being and success of
High School Diploma (Bachelor’s degree preferred)
Valid Paraprofessional Certification
Certified in or eligible for certification in crisis management
Certified in CPR or eligible for CPR certification
Previous experience required (previous experience working with students with special needs preferred)
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Attending IEP meetings, related service provider consultation sessions, and meetings with the Special Education Coordinator as needed
Attend professional development as offered to support implementation of IEP goals and enhance teaching and learning for assigned student(s)
Assisting in the implementation of the IEPs and/or behavior intervention plans of their assigned students and remaining with their assigned students for the duration of the school day
Tracking academic and/or behavioral data as identified in students’ IEP
Implementing crisis prevention and maintaining Antecedent, Behavior, Consequence (ABC) data on each incident of
Collaborating with the teachers to monitor student progress through frequent formal and informal student evaluations recorded in portfolio assessments
Using a variety of instructional materials, resources, and experiences to enrich student learning
Providing educational opportunities that reflect an understanding of students’ unique sensory and information processing profiles
Using appropriate techniques and strategies that promote and enhance creative social-emotional growth, problem-solving and evaluative thinking of students
Assisting their assigned students with the performance of daily living skills to include but not limited to eating, dressing, toileting, and maintaining personal hygiene
Communicating effectively with families to support the progress of individual students
Using effective, positive, and respectful interpersonal communication skills
Establishing positive relationships with colleagues, students, families, and the community which reflect recognition of and respect for every individual
Assisting their assigned students in the e?ective and e?cient use of technology
Assisting their assigned students with safe transitions from one activity to another and one setting to
Other duties as assigned