Special Education Job Coach Paraeducator - Adams High School (2776)

Rochester Community Schools•Rochester Hills, MI

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This position supports the implementation of district-approved special education transition, career-readiness, and work-based learning services. The Special Education Job Coach Paraeducator provides individualized job coaching, monitoring, documentation, and assistance to assigned students at school-based and approved community work sites. The role involves reinforcing work-based learning activities and functional academic skills, observing and documenting student progress, and developing student-friendly job descriptions. The paraeducator will establish and maintain professional relationships with worksite staff, employers, community partners, and families, while modeling and reinforcing appropriate workplace behavior. Safety, sanitation, hygiene, health, and emergency procedures must be followed, and hazards or incidents reported immediately. Regular communication with teachers, coordinators, and administrators is essential, along with accurate and timely completion of assigned records and documentation. The role also includes monitoring and communicating student transportation concerns and performing other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma or recognized equivalent.
Must meet all applicable federal, state, intermediate school district, and district requirements for employment as a special education paraeducator.
Demonstrated ability to maintain the confidentiality of student, family, personnel, and program information and to interact professionally and effectively with students, staff, families, employers, and community partners.
Ability to interact with students in an age-appropriate and respectful manner and to model and reinforce workplace readiness, professional conduct, independence, self-advocacy, and appropriate social behavior.
Ability to use Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel, and other district-approved student information, instructional, documentation, communication, and assistive technology tools.
Regular, reliable, and punctual attendance; flexibility in responding to changing student, program, transportation, and worksite needs; and the ability to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Self-motivation and the ability to work independently within established procedures, student plans, and assigned responsibilities while maintaining regular communication with designated supervisory and certified staff.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with students or individuals with disabilities, or training in appropriate instructional, behavioral, communication, or support techniques.
Experience supporting special education transition services, community-based instruction, work-based learning, career preparation, or related vocational programs.

Responsibilities

Implements and reinforces work-based learning activities and functional academic skills in accordance with curriculum, student plans, and instructions established by designated certified staff.
Observes and documents student strengths, needs, progress, and barriers; communicates relevant information to designated certified staff; and implements approved instructional strategies, accommodations, modifications, and workplace supports.
Develops clear, student-friendly job descriptions, task lists, visual supports, or step-by-step instructions that explain the duties and expectations of each student’s assigned work tasks, in collaboration with designated certified staff and worksite personnel.
Establishes and maintains professional, collaborative relationships with worksite staff, employers, community partners, district employees, students, and families while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
Models and reinforces age-appropriate workplace behavior, professional communication, dependability, self-advocacy, problem-solving, independence, and appropriate interactions with supervisors, coworkers, and customers.
Follows all district, program, and worksite safety, sanitation, hygiene, health, and emergency procedures; ensures students use required personal protective equipment and approved safety practices; and immediately reports hazards, injuries, incidents, or unsafe conditions.
Regularly obtains feedback from worksite personnel, monitors student performance and completion of assigned tasks, provides coaching and corrective feedback consistent with approved plans, and communicates concerns or needed adjustments to designated certified staff.
Maintains regular and timely communication with designated teachers, the Work-Based Learning or Transition Coordinator, Teacher Consultant, worksite personnel, transportation staff, and program administrators while protecting confidential student information.
Accurately and timely completes assigned records and documentation in accordance with district procedures, including student attendance and participation records, employee work time, travel time, and assigned supervision records, daily assignment, task, and progress-monitoring forms, data and observations used by certified staff for periodic student progress reviews, documentation required by approved behavior intervention or support plans, emergency and medical information provided by authorized staff, worksite, placement, and training agreements, incident, injury, safety, or transportation reports, and other documentation required by the district or student’s educational program.
Implements task-analysis and instructional-support procedures established or approved by designated certified staff, including reviewing and clarifying assigned job tasks, breaking tasks into teachable steps, modeling and prompting task completion, implementing approved adaptations, accommodations, and assistive tools, collecting data on student performance and independence, and systematically reducing prompts and direct support as directed and as the student demonstrates increased independence.
Monitors and promptly communicates student transportation concerns and follows established district procedures for transportation delays, missed transportation, schedule changes, student handoffs, and emergencies.
Performs other duties consistent with the purpose, qualifications, and responsibilities of the classification as assigned by the designated administrator or supervisor.