PARAPROFESSIONAL, 1:1 ELEMENTARY SPECIAL EDUCATION, KINDERGARTEN
About The Position
Supports the educational, behavioral, social-emotional, physical, and daily living needs of elementary students with disabilities in integrated, resource, self-contained, and community settings. The role provides individualized support under the direction of a supervising special education teacher, implementing student IEPs and associated behavior, crisis, and health care plans. Duties may include academic support, personal care, medically invasive procedures after training, student lifting and transport, data collection, and routine communication with students and parents.
Requirements
- Meet qualifications described in the District’s paraprofessional qualifications guide.
- Pass District-approved written and physical exams covering de-escalation and physical restraint training annually.
- Complete required training within 75 days of initial hire.
- If transporting students or using a personal or company vehicle for work duties, hold or be able to obtain a Colorado driver’s license within the timeframe required for new residents and meet District insurability requirements.
- Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while employed.
- Have the ability, with or without accommodations, to meet the physical demands of the position.
- Lead for racial and educational excellence, work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity, and support students so they feel seen and heard and have access to high-quality education.
Responsibilities
- Provide services to one or more individual students as outlined in their IEP, supporting academic, health, daily living, and behavioral needs.
- Monitor classroom activities, assignments, and materials under the supervising teacher’s direction to reinforce classroom objectives and learning goals.
- Provide daily living procedures, including toileting, diapering, feeding, and personal hygiene, as trained.
- Provide medically invasive procedures, such as tube feeding, catheterization, and suctioning, following universal precautions and as trained and directed.
- Lift and transport students using appropriate equipment and techniques according to District training.
- Support implementation of students’ individual behavior intervention plans, crisis plans, and health care plans.
- Implement student accommodations and modifications outlined in their IEP in academic and nonacademic settings throughout the school day.
- Collect data on students’ individual IEP goals under the supervision of a special education teacher.
- Communicate and coordinate with students and parents about routine educational issues at the supervising special education teacher’s direction.
Benefits
- Time off
- Health and wellness benefits
- PERA retirement
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
