# Specialized Assistant: Autism Spectrum Disorder

**Company**: Lansing School District
**Location**: Lansing, MI
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Technical Assistant (See salary details for hours)
**Salary**: USD 20.7-24.79 per-hour-wage
**Category**: Education
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

The Lansing School District serves over 10,000 PreK-12 students across 25 school buildings in the increasingly diverse urban community of Lansing, MI.

We are hiring a Specialized Assistant to help ensure the safety and success of students in the building they are assigned to, often students with disabilities.

Specialized Assistants build relationships with students they work with, support teachers in ensuring that students are engaged and supported during lessons, and interact with parents and families.

## Minimum Qualifications

- Associate's Degree or 60 completed college credits or proof of passing the ETS Paraprofessional Exam

## Preferred Qualifications

- Previous experience working with students in small group and RTI settings

- Understanding of how to read and understand a student's IEP

- Desire to become a certified teacher long term

## Job Responsibilities

- Demonstrate passion for working with students, especially in one on one and small group situations, and especially students with special education needs

- Effectively prioritize tasks as assigned by teachers and school leaders

- Ensure safety of students on caseload

- Learn and grow by incorporating feedback from school leaders, colleagues, students, and professional development sessions

- Build relationships with students and parents to ensure a safe, welcoming, and engaging learning environment

- Other duties as assigned to best support the Lansing School District mission

## Work Environment & Physical Requirements

- Must be able to stand, walk, and move quickly between indoor and outdoor settings for extended periods

- Regularly required to bend, kneel, crouch, and assist with physical transfers or interventions involving students

- Must be able to lift, push, or carry up to 50 pounds as needed

- Frequent verbal communication is required to support students, coordinate with staff, and manage emergent situations

- Occasional use of computers, radios, and other communication or documentation tools

- May be exposed to noise, weather conditions, and other elements associated with a school environment

- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

## Skills

### Required
- Associate's Degree
- 60 completed college credits
- ETS Paraprofessional Exam

### Nice to have
- Previous experience working with students in small group and RTI settings
- Understanding of how to read and understand a student's IEP
- Desire to become a certified teacher long term

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