About The Position
Supports the educational, behavioral, social-emotional, physical, and daily living needs of secondary students with disabilities in integrated, resource, self-contained, and community settings. Provides services to one or more individual students as outlined in their Individual Education Plan (IEP), supporting academic, health, daily living, and behavioral needs.
Requirements
- Meet qualifications described in the 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, have a valid Colorado driver’s license or be able to obtain one within the state’s required timeframe for new residents, and meet District insurability requirements.
- Lead for racial and educational excellence and work to dismantle systems of oppression and inequity in the community.
- Believe in and support all students so they feel seen and heard and have access to high-quality education.
- Live and work with a permanent home address in Colorado while working for the District.
- Have the ability, with or without accommodations, to meet the physical demands of the position.
Responsibilities
- Provide services to 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 support classroom objectives and learning goals.
- Provide daily living assistance, 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 direction of the supervising special education teacher.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Time off
- Health and wellness benefits
- PERA retirement
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Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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