Extended Resource Room Special Education Paraprofessional

West Ada School District•MERIDIAN, ID

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Assists special education teachers with students in various programs including the Resource Room, Extended Resource Room, Positive Behavior Intervention Program, Early Childhood Special Education Program, or Tuition Kindergarten program. Performs related work as required. The primary function is to assist special education teachers in implementing students’ Individual Education Plans (IEPs). The Paraprofessional works with students with a variety of mild to severe physical, emotional, and learning disabilities, and may work with individual students or groups, either in a separate classroom or facilitating inclusion into a regular classroom. The position is directly supervised by the assigned Special Education Teacher with overall supervision by the building Principal. The primary duties are performed in a classroom environment and may include exposure to body fluids and some personal injury risk from student behaviors.

Requirements

Must be 21 years of age or older to be a special education paraprofessional in secondary (middle school and high school) buildings.
Have 2 years of college credits, or
Have a college degree, or
Pass the ParaPro Praxis Assessment with a score of 457 or higher, or the Idaho Paraprofessional Testing Alternative with a score of 75% or higher.
If you do not meet the college credit/degree requirement or have not yet passed the Praxis, you will be signed up for the Idaho Paraprofessional Assessment upon hire. The test must be passed within 90 days of your start date.
High school diploma or GED equivalent required.

Nice To Haves

college or other advanced education or training is preferred
Classroom or other instructional experience is preferred
Experience with special needs children is preferred

Responsibilities

Provides assistance to special education teachers in the special education program.
Assists teachers in implementing students’ Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
Assists teachers by preparing lesson plans and preparing, modifying, and adapting materials and presentations used in the classroom.
Assists teachers in administering diagnostic, skills, and level testing.
Assists students with classroom and homework assignments, tutoring, or other supplemental instruction.
Assists students with socialization, personal hygiene, medications and physical therapy, nutritional, and related personal tasks as needed.
Assists students individually and/or in a group situation, both in a separate classroom learning facility or by facilitating inclusion into regular classrooms.
Assists regular classroom teachers by preparing, modifying, and adapting classroom presentations and materials to assigned students.
Assists teachers with classroom activities, classroom management, lesson plans, grading papers, clerical and record-keeping duties, creating and updating reports and files, and other documentation, as directed.
Performs substitute teacher duties in the absence of the teacher.
Assists teachers with clerical duties including, but not limited to, copying, inputting records and data into a computer, faxing, text and document preparation, and related duties.
Assists in maintaining the classroom in a clean, neat, and orderly status, prepares bulletin boards and displays, and maintains classroom supply levels.
Assists with student supervision on field trips and related extracurricular activities.
Performs school grounds, bus, noon, and other monitoring and safety duties, as assigned.
Participates in appropriate training, workshop, and in-service programs.
Performs other related duties as required.
Performs all work duties and activities in accordance with District policies, procedures and safety practices.