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Jurisdiction: Cortland Enlarged City School District Jurisdictional Class: Non-Competitive Adopted: August 25, 2009 Revised: November 4, 2010 PERSONAL HEALTH CARE AIDE DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: The work involves responsibility for assisting students with special health care needs in their efforts to fully integrate into a classroom environment. An employee in this class will also perform Teacher Aide duties in addition to the various routine and nonprofessional health and hygiene maintenance tasks of the student assigned. A Personal Health Care Aide may assist students in the development of their interpersonal skills and facilitate in the interactions between the student and others. The work will also involve responsibility for the performance of routine but necessary clerical and classroom tasks in order to free teachers to perform more specialized duties. The work is performed under the direct supervision of a Teacher or School Nurse and the general supervision of the School Principal. Supervision over the work of others is not a function of employees in this class. Does related work as required. TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES: (Illustrative only) Facilitates the learning process by providing one-on-one assistance, mentoring and tutoring; Attends to the physical needs of individual students including: feeding, cleaning the student’s face and nose, changing panty liners and wiping after bowel movements; Assists the student in maintaining his/her health, hygiene and dignity; Assists the student with physical therapy exercises; Assists the student in his/her exercise efforts directed at gaining control over his/her bodily functions; Assists students in recognizing conditions contributing to social problems and in making efforts toward correcting these conditions; Escorts children to and from their transportation and ensures that they are secured within; Transfers students from a wheelchair to other pieces of equipment; Facilitates communication between the special student, teacher and other students; Reviews cases with the Teacher, Caseworkers and others to ensure that clients are receiving appropriate services; Reads, reviews and completes various forms and prepares various documents; Completes routine paperwork to open cases for services; Supervises class when the teacher is out of the room; Fills out, copies, types or dittos forms, reports and stencils from rough drafts; ---PAGE BREAK--- Works with an individual or small groups to review progress in remedial reading or mathematics comprehension; PERSONAL HEALTH CARE AIDE Page 2 Relieves teacher of study hall, corridor, lunchroom and other monitorial duties; Performs occasional clerical work such as filing, assembling material, compiling data and grading papers; Helps to set up science laboratory equipment, conducts experiments and performs limited review of student laboratory reports; Organizes and participates in group games and related activities; Reads and tells stories to children; Assists students with different abilities in their efforts to mainstream; Assists teachers and students in selecting supplementary materials from the library; Assists teachers in demonstrating the proper use of vocational tools and equipment; Assists in routine classroom housekeeping chores; May correct themes, compositions, standardized and objective tests; May store and deliver audio-visual materials. FULL PERFORMANCE KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: Working knowledge of classroom routines; Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and courteous relationships with students, teachers and co-workers; Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions; Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; Ability to establish and maintain discipline; Ability to prepare brief, accurate reports; Willingness to perform disagreeable or unpleasant tasks; Tact, courtesy, compassion, dependability, initiative, resourcefulness and a good moral character; Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college with an Associate’s degree in Nursing; OR Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and two years of full-time paid or the equivalent part-time and/or volunteer experience with children; OR Four years of full-time paid or the equivalent part-time and/or volunteer experience with children; OR An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of and above. ---PAGE BREAK---