Migrant Paraprofessional

Searcy School District • Searcy, AR

2d

About The Position

The Migrant Paraprofessional will administer, score, and record achievement and diagnostic tests for individual migrant grant students according to federal guidelines. This role involves working with individual students or small groups to reinforce learning, assisting the teacher in developing strategies for student needs, and managing instructional materials. The paraprofessional will also supervise students during various activities, including drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips, and assist with large group activities. Responsibilities include reading to students, supporting library/media center activities, tracking attendance, communicating student issues to the teacher, maintaining confidentiality, and participating in inservice training. Specialized services to students may also be required.

Requirements

• High School diploma and required special training.
• Prior job experience.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Administers, scores, and records achievement and diagnostic tests as required by federal guidelines for individual migrant grant students.
• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction.
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Assists with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and story telling.
• Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.
• Assists students in the library or media center.
• Checks and records student attendance.
• Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Participates in inservice training programs, as assigned.
• Performs specialized services to students as required by specific responsibilities.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED