Title Student Aide

Location Tiffin, Ohio

Reports To Direct Supervisor

Scheduled Days Full-time | 190-day school-year position; days prorated based on start date

Start Date  Immediately

FLSA Status Non-Exempt

Do you love helping students find their voice, build independence, and experience success?

North Central Ohio ESC is seeking a caring, patient, energetic, and collaborative Student Aide to join our team at the Brubaker Building in Tiffin, Ohio, where we provide educational services to students who reside at the Tiffin Developmental Center.

This is not your typical classroom or school setting. As a Student Aide, you will work alongside teachers and other support staff in small, structured classrooms serving middle school, high school, and transition-age students with autism, social communication needs, and other developmental disabilities. Students may have significant communication, behavioral, physical, and daily living needs that require individualized support throughout the school day.

You will be part of a team focused on helping students develop communication, functional academic, social, and daily living skills while building independence and celebrating individual growth and success.

We are looking for someone who:

• Enjoys working with middle school, high school, and transition-age students with moderate to intensive support needs.
• Is patient, positive, dependable, flexible, and willing to learn.
• Works collaboratively with the classroom teacher and follows established routines, instructional plans, and individualized student supports.
• Understands that communication comes in many forms and meets students where they are.
• Uses hands-on learning, visuals, modeling, prompting, and structured routines to support student learning.
• Helps students develop communication, social-emotional, functional academic, daily living, and independence skills.
• Provides individualized and small-group support under the direction of the classroom teacher.
• Uses positive behavior supports and understands that behavior is often a form of communication.
• Is comfortable assisting students with personal care, hygiene, and daily living needs.
• Assists with mobility, positioning, and other physical support needs as appropriate to individual student plans.
• Works collaboratively with teachers, classroom aides, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, administrators, and other support staff.
• Celebrates student progress and recognizes that small steps can represent big accomplishments.

Why Brubaker?

At the Brubaker Building, we believe in “Imagining the Potential” of every student. Our program focuses on communication, cognitive growth, social skills, independence, functional academics, and hands-on learning. Students also have access to specialized services, including speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy.

You won't be doing this work alone! You'll be joining a supportive, collaborative team committed to creating a safe, structured, and engaging learning environment where students are supported, challenged, and celebrated as they develop skills for greater independence and success.

Experience working with students with intensive needs is valuable, but it isn't everything. We recognize that some of our best team members are those who bring patience, compassion, dependability, a positive attitude, and a willingness to learn. We value individuals who are ready to grow, work together, and make a difference.

If you are compassionate, dependable, enjoy being part of a team, and want a rewarding position where you can make a meaningful difference in students' lives every day, we would love to hear from you!

Location: Brubaker Building | Tiffin, Ohio

Position: Student Aide / Paraprofessional

Licensure: Appropriate Ohio Department of Education and Workforce licensure required 

Clearances: Criminal justice fingerprint/background (FBI/BCI) 

Questions: Please reach out to Jen Kuhn at jkuhn@ncoesc.org 

Application Deadline Open until filled