Para-Professional (Instructional Aide)

Ft Thomas Unified School District•Fort Thomas, AZ

22h

About The Position

To assist the teacher achieve teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.

Requirements

High School Diploma
Associate’s Degree or pass the Para Pro Test
Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card
Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Governing Board may find appropriate and acceptable

Responsibilities

Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual 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 in a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities
Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes
Helps students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher
Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction
Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teachers
Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips
Keeps bulletin Governing Board and other classroom learning displays up-to-date
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 notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work, as assigned by the teacher
Checks and records student attendance
Helps students with their clothing
Assists with lunch, snack, and cleanup routines
Assists with wash-up and toilet routines
Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student
Serves as the chief source of information and help any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher
Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers
Participates in in-service training programs, as assigned