Job Description

JobID: 3887

Position Type:

Special Education and Student Support Services/Autism Spectrum Disorder

Date Posted:

11/3/2025

Location:

Lakewood Elementary School

Date Available:

11/17/2025

Closing Date:

Until filled

Notice of Support Staff Posting

Position: Special Ed Assistant - Autism Spectrum Disorder Posting # 3887

+ Lakewood Elementary


Posting Dates: November 3, 2025 - Until Filled

Reports To: Principal

Beginning: November 17, 2025

Hours: 35 hours per week

8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Monday - Friday

School Year/Full Time

Job Responsibilities:

+ Assist the classroom teacher in implementing Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
+ Provide one-on-one or small group instruction and reinforcement of skills.
+ Support inclusion by helping students participate in general education settings.
+ Implement behavior intervention plans (BIPs) as directed.
+ Monitor and redirect student behavior using positive strategies.
+ Provide emotional support, breaks, encouragement, and redirection as needed.
+ Collect behavioral data for teacher/IEP team review.
+ Help students with, toileting, or hygiene routines (if needed)
+ Ensure student safety at all times, including monitoring for medical needs or seizures.
+ Maintain regular communication with the supervising teacher about student progress and concerns.
+ Participate in team meetings, training sessions, and professional development.
+ Work collaboratively with general education staff to support student inclusion.
+ Maintain confidentiality regarding student information.
+ Supervise students during transitions, recess, lunch, or field trips.
+ Assist in data collection for academic and behavioral progress monitoring.
+ Support use of assistive technology and specialized equipment.

Other Information:

+ CPI trained or willing to be trained in CPI
+ Good communication/collaboration skills with staff and students
+ Able to be flexible and adjust quickly to the needs of the day
+ Experience working with children with disabilities is preferred.
+ Willing to work in cold weather

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

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Reaching

: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
+

Lifting

: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
+

Grasping

: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
+

Talking

: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.


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Hearing

: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
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Repetitive motions

: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
+ The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
+ The worker should provide consistent and reliable attendance.