Paraeducator Moderate/Severe
About The Position
Under the supervision of an administrator and general direction of a classroom teacher, assists students with severe disabilities to meet their physical and emotional requirements throughout the instructional day; assists the teacher with record keeping and performs a variety of instructional support duties in developing life skills and/or physical care activities. The work need not be performed in the presence of the teacher, but the teacher retains responsibility for instruction and supervision. Paraeducators work in special education settings where students have behavior emotional, physical, language/communication, or learning disabilities. May spend a substantial portion of their time providing intervention to students who exhibit disruptive, aggressive, depressive, and/or self-injurious behaviors.
Requirements
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- A.A. degree, 48 units beyond the high school diploma, or successful completion of the District Instructional Assistant Proficiency Test in reading, math.
- DOJ and FBI Criminal Background Check.
- TB Test within the last 60 days.
- Complete district Mandated Reporter training, Sexual Harassment, etc.
- Must obtain and maintain a First Aid/CPR Certificate (In-Person Training ONLY).
- Pre-Employment Physical Evaluation conducted through the District.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.
- Sufficient strength to lift nonambulatory students.
- Ability to lift and move adaptive equipment.
- Ability to physically restrain and control a student up to 200 pounds with assistance.
- Sufficient body movement and mobility to demonstrate gross motor activities.
- Ability to climb in and out of cars, vans, and buses.
- Ability to walk and run with students.
- Ability to climb well enough to go up and down stairs.
- Ability to maneuver students into and out of vehicles, wheelchairs, and toilets.
- Sufficient vision to read printed material, with or without aids.
- Sufficient hearing to hear normal and telephone conversations with or without aids.
- Ability to speak in an understandable voice with sufficient volume to be heard in normal conversation.
- Manual dexterity to write and use telephone and other business/office machines.
- Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling, climbing and balancing.
- Stooping, kneeling, crouching.
- Reaching, understanding, and following oral and written directions.
Nice To Haves
- Courses and/or in-service in psychology, behavior modification, and other related fields.
- Willingness to complete training courses, in-service, or otherwise, as may be required upon employment.
- Experience in the care of children with learning disabilities and/or emotional disturbances.
- Training in crisis intervention is highly desirable.
Responsibilities
- Assists students with severe disabilities to meet their physical and emotional requirements throughout the instructional day.
- Assists the teacher with record keeping.
- Performs a variety of instructional support duties in developing life skills and/or physical care activities.
- Provides intervention to students who exhibit disruptive, aggressive, depressive, and/or self-injurious behaviors.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
