Provides instructional support to special education teacher; • Assists in teaching daily living skills, social skills, leisure-time activity skills, specific self-help skills, community access and mobility skills; • Ability to lift 45 pounds; • Encourages and reinforces students, building self-image and helping them to be responsible; • Assists the teacher with student behavior management; • Provides instruction to students, under direction of special education teacher; • Assists teacher with clerical duties; • Accompanies students to mainstream classes, supervising and assisting during class and times between classes; • Assists students with feeding, personal hygiene, toileting, diapering, changing clothes, etc. Can require the lifting, positioning and carrying of students; • Assists students with group and club participation during school hours; • Assists in planning and supervising field trips and other off-campus activities; • Follow teacher's program when working with students; • Track student progress; • Collect student behavioral data; • Consistently follow behavior system and classroom management program; • Tutor students in small groups with basic reading and math skills; • Maintain positive working relationships with students and staff; • Maintain confidentiality; • Other duties as assigned by supervisor.