Position Type:
Support Staff/Teacher Assistant
Date Posted:
6/1/2026
Location:
Canfield Avenue Elementary School
Date Available:
08/27/2026
Closing Date:
Until Filled
TITLE:
Special Education Aide - Part Time
QUALIFICATIONS:
- High School Diploma
- Successful experience working with children.
- Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents and school staff.
- Knowledge of diverse needs of children with disabilities and appropriate special education classroom practices.
- Required criminal history check and proof of U.S. citizenship or legal resident alien status.
- NJ Sub Certification preferred
REPORTS TO: Certified classroom teacher, principal and director of special education
JOB GOAL:
- To assist the classroom teacher by working with individual and/or small groups of disabled students to provide them with physical help, emotional support & academic assistance as needed to gain optimum benefit from the district's special education program.
- To assist in the supervision of students in the cafeteria and/or the playground.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assists in taking care of the physical needs of the special education pupil, including putting on and taking off outerwear, moving from room to room and using the lavatory.
- Assists with individualized instruction and works with small groups of students under the supervision of the special education teacher to reinforce material introduced by the teacher.
- Assists, where appropriate, in loading and unloading the special education pupil from transportation buses or vans.
- Completes clerical duties as assigned by the special education classroom teacher.
- Assists pupils with various projects, crafts, and curriculum tasks.
- Helps with the supervision of children on field trips planned by the teacher.
- Engages children in conversation to encourage language development.
- Aids physically handicapped children, particularly those who rely upon appliances and prosthetics.
- Responds to manifestations of medical conditions, e.g. epilepsy, asthma.
- Supervises students in the cafeteria during meals and on the playground/in the gymnasium/in classrooms during recess.
- Maintains a system for orderly food purchase by pupils, disposal of food waste, return of trays and utensils.
- Sees that students are seated in assigned areas.
- Circulates among students so as to be available to children who need help or to resolve any minor problems that arise.
- Ensures the cleanliness of tables and surrounding areas.
- Organizes groups for orderly transitions.
- Ensures safe and cooperative interaction and play amongst students.
- Informs principal of any serious infractions of discipline rules by students.
- Performs other appropriate duties as assigned by the special education teacher or building principal directly related to a good learning experience for special education pupils.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:Salary and work year to be determined by the Board of Education.
EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation of support staff.