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What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “When I was a student here, I was on an IEP so I had ESPs in my classes helping me. I looked up to them and seeing them help me really made me think how it was something I wanted to do, too. I know how the students feel and that helps me help them.” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide?  “I go to seven d...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide?  “I love helping students and inspiring them to do better and excel in their academics.” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide?  “I go from class to class each period, and help out specific students in classes. When I’m in there, I actually help everyone [in the class] so one individual doesn’t feel sin...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I  really like to interact with the kids and really like teaching them [students]… It just makes me feel good.” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide?  “In one period I have a learning center. What we do is help kids with homework, specifically math or the  sciences. I mostly interact with them. If th...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I’m a former teacher so I’ve always liked working with students. I like to think that I’m helping them have a better life when they leave school and to prepare them for life. Classroom teachers can’t always give extra attention to students who are in need of extra help, and that is where the ESP comes in. ESP’s provide ...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “It is all the good parts of education without the responsibility of administration or being a liaison.” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide?  “We do everything. We run everything from welcoming them in, to going to inclusion classes, to running programs.” What are the biggest challenges you've fac...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I get to meet such great kids and help out because I know how busy the teachers are and they can’t always get to everybody. I get to be in a variety of classes and hear all sorts of different information, and I actually learn every day myself.” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide?  “I go to seven differen...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I think working with a large variety of students. I’m in all of these different classes throughout the day and some of the kids I see in different repeat classes, but a lot of the time I am working with new, different kids which is a lot of fun. Getting to meet new people is fun and I coach some sports and sometimes I’m working ...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I love the students. I think they’re amazing and they have so many gifts and they bring everybody a lot of joy.” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide?  “We help the students with money, time, communication, and speech and language skills. I work with CAP [Community Access Program], and my job is to try an...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I like the fact I get to know the kids. Seeing their abilities and what they like to do. That's what I really like.” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide?  “Everyday I try to help the kids learn and understand. I have to learn it first and then teach it to them, so they can learn it simpler and can understand it ...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I think what I like best is the variety. I love that I’m in different grade-level classes. I’m in a ninth-grade biology class but I'm also in a senior math class, and I just like working with students either individually or in small groups, and seeing how students grow and progress throughout the year.”  What do you do over th...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I love making connections with the students.” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide? “We run programs, we run behavioral management. We make sure they [students] can gain skills.” What are the biggest challenges you've faced in your job this year? “Challenging behavior. When students have tantrum...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I just really enjoy helping people. I like being someone the kids can relate to and know that I’m there to support them.”  What do you do over the course of a day as an aide? “I have a class schedule so I go to each class and, depending on the class, I might be taking notes, walking around the classroom helping students, checking w...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I love the students and I love that I get to work one on one with them. Because I’m working one on one with them I can better fit their needs, and that’s something I love to do. It’s more helpful to them than just going in a classroom and trying to teach everyone.” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide?  “Man...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I really like that we help kids learn with the general population education” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide?  “In the morning, we wait for the kids to arrive and gather their belongings. We follow a similar schedule each day.” What are the biggest challenges you've faced in your job this year? �...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I like working with the kids and seeing their improvements every day. Every day is different and working in different subjects and working with different kids is very enjoyable and rewarding.” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide? “I have classes that I work as a co-teacher and I have other classes where I wor...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I like meeting a diverse group of students, I work in inclusion classrooms so I get to meet some of the students outside of the students that I support. I love making connections with students, it’s the part I enjoy the most while working. I love going into new classes and meeting new students.” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide?  ...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “Well the whole reason I went into education was because of the students. I like working with them everyday and building those relationships with them, and seeing them grow throughout the school year into better versions of themselves.” What do you do over the course of a day as an aide?  “Well in CAP it is very differ...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I love working with our kids. Working in our classrooms and with our kids, they bring so much joy to education which makes it such a great atmosphere. Also working with all these great teachers and great ESPs creates such a great environment, and we do a lot of educational and fun things which really makes our job very differen...

What do you like best about working as a special education aide? “I am in the [Community Action Program], so it is mostly post graduates, and what we do is we take them out into the community. Every Friday we pick a new place, for example before vacation we took them to PetSmart and to Dollar Tree, and I find those trips are kind of the most fun part of my job right now.” What do you do o...