Role
AI for Special Education Aides
Founder, Automation Squad
Assist a preschool, elementary, middle, or secondary school teacher to provide academic, social, or life skills to students who have learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Serve in a position for which a teacher has primary responsibility for the design and implementation of educational programs and services.
Teaching Assistants, Special Education · O*NET 25-9043.00 · Job Zone 3 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database
Automation coverage
16 of 30tools on this list have an AI solution available today
Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.
AI you can use for this job
32 matched to the tools teaching assistants, special education use. Showing 24.
Google Meet
AppSecurely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Google Meet MCP or direct API to schedule meetings, fetch meeting links, update invites, and manage participant lists through natural language.
Make (make.com)
Microsoft Outlook
MCP serverMicrosoft Outlook is a web-based suite of webmail, contacts, tasks, and calendaring services.
Microsoft Outlook
Google Meet
MCP serverGoogle Meet is a video conferencing app. Using your browser, share your video, desktop, and presentations with teammates and customers.
Google Meet
Microsoft Excel
MCP serverMicrosoft's Excel is a spreadsheet application used by millions of users across the world. It is part of the Office ecosystem and is considered the industry standard for spreadsheets. Only files on OneDrive for Business (available with Office 365 and Sharepoint server) are su
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
MCP serverOffice Powerpoint
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Email Security
SkillEmail Server
MCP serverEmail Systems
SkillEmailr
AppExcel
MCP serverExcel
SkillGoogle Classroom
MCP serverSecurely connect your AI agents and chatbots (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, etc) with Google Classroom MCP or direct API to list classes, manage assignments, send announcements, and check student submissions through natural language.
Kahoot!
AppKahoot! is a gamification software designed to help corporate trainers and teachers create interactive presentations, training material, and learning games. Individuals can prepare for tests using flashcards, games, quizzes, and peer challenges, ensuring optimal engagement.
Loom
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Padlet
MCP serverPadlet is a online platform for collaboration and learning.
Padlet
Padlet 1
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The tools this job actually uses
30 documented for this occupation. Showing 30, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.
- Microsoft Excelhot
- Microsoft Office softwarehot
- Microsoft Outlookhot
- Microsoft PowerPointhot
- Microsoft Wordhot
- Appletree
- Automate the Schools ATS
- Blackboard software
- Children's educational software
- ClassDojo
- Email software
- Flipgrid
- Google Classroom
- Google Meet
- Hand held spell checkers
- High School Scheduling and Transcript HSST
- Kahoot!
- Loom
- Padlet
- ParentSquare
- Quizlet
- Schoology
- Screen magnification software
- Screen reader software
- Seesaw
- Special Education Student Information System SESIS
- Student information systems SIS software
- Tadpoles
- Text to speech software
- Web browser software
What this job involves
30 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 24.
- Provide assistance to students with special needs.
- Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.
- Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.
- Provide students with disabilities with assistive devices, supportive technology, and assistance accessing facilities, such as restrooms.
- Carry out therapeutic regimens, such as behavior modification and personal development programs, under the supervision of special education instructors, psychologists, or speech-language pathologists.
- Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers.
- Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory.
- Enforce administration policies and rules governing students.
- Observe students' performance, and record relevant data to assess progress.
- Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage.
- Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, supervised role-playing methods, or by reading aloud.
- Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers to coordinate instructional efforts.
- Instruct students in daily living skills required for independent maintenance and self-sufficiency, such as hygiene, safety, or food preparation.
- Prepare classrooms with a variety of materials or resources for children to explore, manipulate, or use in learning activities or imaginative play.
- Grade homework and tests, and compute and record results, using answer sheets or electronic marking devices.
- Assist in bus loading and unloading.
- Distribute teaching materials, such as textbooks, workbooks, papers, and pencils, to students.
- Organize and supervise games and other recreational activities to promote physical, mental, and social development.
- Take class attendance and maintain attendance records.
- Maintain computers in classrooms and laboratories, and assist students with hardware and software use.
- Use computers, audio-visual aids, and other equipment and materials to supplement presentations.
- Prepare lesson outlines and plans in assigned subject areas and submit outlines to teachers for review.
- Participate in teacher-parent conferences regarding students' progress or problems.
- Clean classrooms.
