Track Team Aide - Special Needs Student Support

Open to internal and external candidates.

Internal candidates would include our certified staff.

Position Summary:

The Track Team Assistant provides individualized support to a student with special needs participating in the school's track and field program. This role focuses on ensuring the student's safety, inclusion, and positive experience while promoting independence, skill development, and teamwork.

Starting Hourly Rate: $15

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide supervision and assistance students with disabilities during practices, meets, and team activities
• Support students in understanding and following coaching instructions and routines
• Assist with transitions (e.g., arriving at practice, moving between events, and departure)
• Monitor the students' safety and well-being at all times
• Adapt activities or instructions as needed to match the student's abilities and needs
• Encourage social interaction with teammates and foster inclusion
• Communicate regularly with coaches, parents/guardians, and school staff regarding progress or concerns
• Help manage equipment and ensure the student is properly prepared for events
• Reinforce positive behavior and sportsmanship

Qualifications:

• Experience working with individuals with special needs (preferred)
• Patience, empathy, and strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to follow directions from coaching staff and implement support strategies
• Basic understanding of track and field activities (preferred but not required)
• Reliable, punctual, and able to attend scheduled practices and meets
• CPR/First Aid certification (preferred)

Work Environment:

• Outdoor track and field settings in varying weather conditions
• After-school hours, with occasional weekend meets

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to stand, walk, and move for extended periods
• Ability to assist with light physical support if needed

Goal of the Position:

To ensure the student can safely and meaningfully participate in track and field while building confidence, independence, and a sense of belonging within the team.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (includes equipment, hours, physical demands)

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. The employee is protected from outside weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes. There are no environmental hazards indicated for this position.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, and taste or smell. The employee may lift or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Be capable of physically assisting students with disabilities as required in some possible assignments (positioning, lifting, transferring, restraining, etc.).

All applicants must have a current application through our electronic application center at www.duneland.k12.in.us

The Duneland School Corporation is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity in all employment practices. Candidates will be screened, interviewed and employed based upon the successful candidate's qualifications, background, experience and needs of the Duneland School Corporation. Offers of employment are contingent upon the results of personal background

Applicants selected for interviews will be contacted individually.