Substitute LPN/Aides

LPN/Aide

Job Goal: To provide a well-organized, smoothly functioning class environment in which students can take full advantage of the instructional program and available resource materials; to contribute to the efficient operation of a school office so that it can play its effective part in the education process; and, to assist in providing safe transportation so that students may enjoy the fullest possible advantages from Ohio County Schools curricular and extra-curricular programs.

Qualifications:

• Complete an LPN program that is state board approved and pass the LPN licensing examination and be licensed by the State of WV as a LPN.
• Pediatric experience required.
• Experience administering glucagons, monitoring blood glucose and treating hypoglycemia.
• WV State Medication Training Certificate required.
• Current CPR training required.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Be able to handle and care for wheelchairs, braces, crutches, etc.
• Be able to type.
• Be able to understand and follow written and oral instructions.
• Be able to prepare reports and perform required bookkeeping procedures.
• Possess computer skills to include competency in word processing, data management and spreadsheets.
• Pass the approved West Virginia Service Personnel Tests for School Aide. (Currently classified aides do not have to take the tests.)
• Experience and training with toileting, catheterization, aspiration techniques and other special needs as needed.
• Any combination of training and experience which would lead to successful employment as an Aide in any one or all of the following areas: Teacher Aide, Clerical Aide, Special Education Aide, and/or Bus Aide.
• This job is classified as requiring a medium-heavy work capacity.

Essential Functions of the Job:

• Perform or assist children to perform those functions which they are incapable of doing i.e., feeding, toileting, lifting, dressing.
• Perform care procedures for impaired students. These may include suctioning, nasogastric tube feeding, catheterization, dietetic testing and blood glucose monitoring.
• Administer medication to students while in their custody, only when the following conditions are met.
• Implement the specialized health care plan as directed by the school nurse.
• Maintain a student log of activities as identified in the specialized health care plan.
• Implement established rules, instructions, preventative discipline and other environmental stimuli to bring about significant changes in student functioning.
• Prepare student attendance reports.
• Provide and collect workbooks, papers and other materials for instruction.
• Collect and record collection of money.
• Read to students and participate in other forms of oral communications with students.
• Administer, score, and record such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students.
• Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Help student's master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.
• Operate and care for classroom and office equipment including computers.
• Assist with lunch, snack and clean up routines.
• Assist with toileting and wash-up routines of both male and female students, which may include catheterization, associated lifting, aspiration techniques, and other special needs as required.
• Assist with dressing and undressing of both male and female students.
• Maintain a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students.
• Type a variety of materials such as letters, student records, reports and memos.
• Demonstrate the ability to remain and respond calmly and objectively to a variety of situations.
• Provide a variety of behavior management techniques in a crisis situation before resorting to passive restraint.
• Exhibit the physical attributes to passively restrain both male and female students over an extended period of time.
• Display the ability to physically control adolescent male and female students.
• Assist with maintaining a structured learning environment through appropriate organization of time, space arrangements, material organization.
• Implement social, tangible, token economy systems, positive reinforcement, and other techniques to manage behavior and bring about behavior changes.
• Follow lesson plans developed for instructional, social academic and emotional skills and objectives.
• Assist with modifying curriculum materials.
• Assist the teacher, other staff members or administration in working with students.
• Collaborate with teacher, staff members, and/or administration regarding planning and scheduling.
• Participate in staff development training for the purpose of enhancing skills.
• Assist in keeping accurate and efficient records.
• Be cognizant of special education characteristics.
• Provide a positive role model for students.
• Self-evaluate personal and job related characteristics on a regular basis and take corrective action if needed.
• File correspondence, invoices, cards or other records in prescribed manner, depending upon the practice of the school to which assigned.
• Maintain records and prepare reports as directed including bookkeeping procedures.
• Assist the secretary in various office duties as assigned.
• Keep prompt hours.
• Be courteous to callers at all times.
• Assist the bus driver in maintaining good student conduct on the bus.
• Assist young or disabled students in getting on and off the bus.
• Assure that students get on and off the bus in an orderly fashion.
• Provide written report of violations relative to discipline to the principal of the school.
• Collect and turn over to the appropriate school secretary those personal items left on the bus by students.
• Report to assigned school, after completing bus run.
• Supervise the use of assistive devices (i.e. crutches, canes, walkers, braces, wheelchairs, seat belts).
• Assist with emergency management.
• Assist with evacuation procedures.
• Implement special IEP services.
• Communicate effectively and openly with teachers, administration, other staff members and students.
• Communicate and establish positive relationships with parents.
• Attend first aid classes as required to maintain certification.
• Perform duties efficiently and productively.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Principal, Immediate Supervisor, Assistant Superintendent or Superintendent.