Summary: To work collaboratively with general and special education teachers and other teacher assistants to provide quality educational activities for students. Provide for basic needs of students, and other duties as may be assigned. Role includes assisting with feeding, self-help skills, toileting, communication strategies and preschool curriculum, and other duties as may be assigned. Administers medication and medical treatments for assigned students.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Work is performed under the general supervision of administration. An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following:  (Does not include all tasks employee may be expected to perform.)

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1. Demonstrates initiative and creativity with students and their programs.
2. Implements goals and objectives specified in student Individual Education Plans (IEP) under the direction of professional staff.
3. Assists with development and implementation of classroom and individual behavior management programs and techniques.
4. Understands, and performs duties with awareness of, possible medical needs of students. Assists with students' medical needs when trained and qualified to do so. Assists students with daily needs, such as but not limited to, feeding, toileting, grooming, and other daily living activities.
5. Assists professional staff with routine tasks & practices (bulletin boards, open house, etc.)
6. Assists with individual or small group student instruction.
7. Provide assistance to facilitate student needs, including implementation of other supportive services designed for students under the direction of professional staff.
8. Assists instructional staff in the supervision of students while they are loading and unloading buses, in gym classroom or on the playground.
9. Assists where necessary, with lifting students from wheelchairs, to changing tables, or escorting students to class.
10. Assists professional staff with keeping records, making copies and related administrative support functions related to student needs.

11. Regular and predictable in-person attendance is required for this position.

     

LPN duties:

1. Observes special education students on a regular basis to detect health needs.
2. Administers medication and treatments prescribed by physicians.
3. Assembles and uses equipment, such as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, and oxygen supplies.
4. Sterilizes first aid materials in accordance with established first aid procedures.
5. Participates in immunization clinics for the district.
6. Attends clinical meetings on behalf of student to help plan treatments needed at school.
7. Assists school personnel in maintaining sanitary standards in school.

Education and/or Experience: High school graduate, or equivalent, successful completion of LPN training program, and one year of successful experience working in a day care training program, or trainable classroom, or with persons with disabilities, and is recommended by an administrator who has supervised the work of the applicant for at least one year. 

Certifications, License: Must possess and maintain a valid Michigan LPN License.  Must possess and maintain a valid Michigan driver's license and good driving record.