School Paraprofessional West Valley

Legacy Traditional Schools•Phoenix, AZ

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This position assists special education teacher(s) and other certificated personnel by performing a variety of instructional support duties to an individual in a classroom or resource environment encompassing a range of disabilities. Paraprofessionals will work closely with teachers, administrators, and other team members to provide students with educational benefits, while collecting data and monitoring the student’s progress. This role may be available at multiple Legacy Traditional Schools campuses, with placement based on current hiring needs and availability.

Requirements

High School Diploma/GED required
Ability to positively interact with all students.
Create a safe learning environment that is conducive to learning.
Ability to identify individual student needs.
Good communication skills with students, coworkers, administration and parents.
Ability to collaborate with school staff.
Ability to maintain a professional appearance.
Ability to plan and manage multiple tasks in a timely manner.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Must possess strong communication and organizational skills.
Must demonstrate initiative and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
Must pass a criminal history background check.
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Responsibilities

Works with individual students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
Supports students in the general education classroom and/or the pull-out room as needed.
Assists in data collection related to student performance in academic and behavioral domains.
Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, abilities and/or MAP scores.
Distributes and collects workbooks, papers and other materials for instruction.
Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, lunch periods and field trips.
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 as needed.
Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
Reinforce student education plans when necessary (504, IEP, etc.).
May assist staff and students in use of educational computer programs.
Data Collection as additional documentation used as additional to support progress.
Performs other related duties as required by the supervisor.
Assists in organizing learning environments; prepares and sets up instructional materials and equipment for classroom activities; maintains instructional material and equipment.
Assists students with personal hygiene functions and behavior functions, per their specific plan.
Acts as a mandated reporter for the purpose of ensuring the safety of the students.
Monitors student’s daily schedule and behavior plan for the purpose of maintaining a safe and positive learning environment.
Attends any problem solving/IEP meeting and provides input as to the student’s progress for the purpose of maintaining a whole student approach to his/her education.
Performs other related duties as required by the supervisor.
Periodically assist in the drop-off and pick-up of children through Driveline, possibly during inclement weather.