Paraprofessional (multiple openings)

Grafton Public Schools • Grafton, MA

35d

About The Position

Job Goal: To provide behavioral and learning support, instruction, and monitoring for children and youth with varied learning and behavioral needs.

Responsibilities

• Modify instructional and assessment materials to meet the needs of individual students as prescribed by their IEP under the direction of the special education teacher
• Foster independence in students on IEPs by assisting them in the routines of school life
• Work with individuals or small groups of students to support instructional programming in the assigned area
• Support students during lunch periods, assemblies, recess, and field trips
• Implement the student's behavioral plan by using the standard principles of reinforcement, by providing consistent implementation of contingencies, and by delivering accurate prompting as needed
• Support student acquisition of daily living skills such as dressing, feeding, washing, and toileting as needed
• Collect, organize, graph, and maintain all data for assigned students
• Prepare for and actively participate in confidential consultation meetings with administration, supervisors, and other staff to provide regular feedback to the special education team members on the progress and challenges experienced by assigned students in addressing their IEP goals
• Practice and maintain student confidentiality both within and outside the school environment.
• Complete brief objective summaries of students' performance within the daily communication book.
• Manage the students' challenging behaviors by: Verbal and/or Physical prompting, notification to appropriate supervisory staff when physical restraint is needed, and adherence to appropriate physical restraint procedures and safe hold positions.
• Recognize the antecedents of more challenging student behaviors and intervene with appropriate support to reduce the behavior.
• Discrete Trials
• Lifting and Toileting required
• Teaching Methodology of Applied Behavioral Analysis
• Attend all scheduled training/workshops
• Monitor student behavior on the bus ride to ensure safety at all times during the route

What This Job Offers

• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed