ED PARA,INTENSIVE DISAB,NC,NT I (ESE)

Orange County Public Schools•Orlando, FL

17h

About The Position

Under direct supervision, provides assistance in the education, care, and development of students with severe disabilities. The role includes instructional, clerical, and behavioral management duties, performed under the direction of a certified teacher, guidance counselor, or administrator. Duties are carried out according to the exceptional needs of assigned students, and related work may be assigned as directed. The position provides instructional, behavioral, developmental, physical-care, and daily-living support to students with severe disabilities. It also assists teachers with lesson and behavior-plan preparation, learning activities, instructional materials, data collection, progress monitoring, and IEP development and review. New hires must successfully complete ESE Training within 45 days of hire.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
At least two years of experience working with exceptional-needs school-age children (Pre-K through grade 12) in an educational environment, with broad familiarity with and understanding of the physical and emotional behaviors and challenges of children with severe disabilities; equivalent combinations of education, training, and experience may be considered.
Stress management skills.
Ability to meet the dexterity and physical requirements of the work and effectively attend to special needs.
Successfully complete ESE Training within 45 days of hire.
Ability to assist people with specialized therapeutic or physical care plans and procedures.
Ability to operate, maneuver, or control special-needs equipment and devices.
Ability to evaluate and assess information using established criteria and exercise judgment in identifying alternatives.
Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity when evaluating information and resolving problems.
Ability to perform mathematical operations as required by the assigned classroom, potentially including basic arithmetic, decimals, percentages, fractions, and interpretation of graphs.
Ability to exert very heavy physical effort, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling objects up to 100 pounds and occasionally heavier items.
Visual perception and discrimination; some tasks also require oral communication and the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds.
Ability to work with exposure to adverse conditions, including potential violence when working with severely disabled or emotionally disturbed children.

Responsibilities

Provide instructional, behavioral, and developmental assistance to students with severe disabilities as directed by a supervising teacher or other certified professional.
Apply positive behavioral support practices and assist students in learning problem-solving skills.
Assist with behavior interventions, including monitoring and charting student behaviors.
Use crisis intervention principles with students displaying aggressive behavior, including physical restraint when required.
Assist students arriving on buses, transfer students from wheelchairs, and monitor individual medical and social-emotional needs.
Provide support and follow-up for assigned students with severe disabilities in in-school suspension.
Reinforce school and learning-environment rules, encourage appropriate behavior, and identify inappropriate behavior using positive behavioral supports.
Escort and provide one-on-one assistance during meals, restroom visits, and other school-day activities.
Assist with gross motor activities, including grasping, posture, crawling, walking, and running, as appropriate to individual development.
Assist with fine motor activities, including use of assistive devices and participation in job and leisure skills activities.
Assist with daily living skills, including dressing, eating, toileting and diapering, grooming, and personal hygiene.
Assist teachers with lesson plans, behavior intervention plans, accommodations, learning activities, and preparation of instructional materials.
Assist teachers with collecting and reporting data for progress monitoring, progress reports, and IEP development and review.
Perform assigned monitoring duties in areas such as hallways, lunchrooms, restrooms, and buses; support appropriate student conduct and escort students to designated activities.
When assigned to labs, assist teachers and provide instruction or information to students; translate lesson plans or other information when needed to support student understanding.
Keep current with job-appropriate technology used by OCPS and attend district-supported training to maintain required technology skills.
Maintain timely and accurate information as part of job responsibilities.
Perform related duties as directed.