Paraprofessional - SPED

Joplin R 8 School District • Joplin, MO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The job of the paraprofessional is to support the teacher-classroom in the development, implementation and monitoring of a program designed to enhance the success of students academically and behaviorally. General Expectations include supporting the mission and value of Joplin Schools, enforcing Board policies and regulations, supervising students, obeying safety rules, caring for school property, maintaining professional relationships, communicating effectively, providing excellent customer service, complying with privacy rights, reacting to change productively, participating in professional development, conducting official business professionally, arriving to work on time, maintaining accurate records, and solving practical problems. The paraprofessional will also demonstrate communication and collaborative skills, implement instructional strategies, perform duties to support skills being learned, reinforce or reteach skills, provide support for students' educational, behavioral, and physical needs, prepare for classroom instruction, implement teaching techniques, implement behavior strategies and interventions, teach behavior-related skills, provide behavior interventions and classroom management strategies, respond to student needs, remove barriers to learning, and implement modifications and accommodations. Other duties as assigned are also part of the role.

Requirements

• Obtain 60 college credit hours, or Have passed the ParaPro Assessment (before September 23, 2013) or Have passed the Paraprofessional Assessment through Pearson (September 23, 2013 through June 20, 2024) or Have passed the ParaPro Assessment through ETS (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026) or Have passed the ParaPathways Assessment through ETS (July 1, 2026 forward)
• Completed the 20HR Substitute Certificate Course
• Regular and consistent attendance is an essential function of this position.

Responsibilities

• Support the teacher-classroom in the development, implementation and monitoring of a program designed to enhance the success of students academically and behaviorally.
• Properly supervise students at all times, if applicable to essential job functions.
• Care for, properly use, and protect school property.
• Maintain courteous and professional relationships with students, parents/guardians, other district employees and the public.
• Communicate effectively with supervisors, department staff, all members of the school district, and community as required.
• Provides excellence in customer service both internally and externally.
• Complies with privacy rights and safeguards confidential and/or sensitive information pertaining to staff and students.
• Reacts to change productively and receive and transmit constructive criticism as it relates to job duties.
• Actively participate in professional development and obtain skills and information necessary to effectively perform job duties.
• Conduct all official business in a professional and timely manner, utilizing district technology resources.
• Arrive to work and leave work at the time specified by supervisors and attend all required meetings pertinent to the position.
• Maintains accurate records and filing systems for accountability and audit purposes as required by law and Board policy.
• Solve practical problems utilizing math functions as needed to complete job duties.
• Read and interpret documents such as work orders, safety rules, and handbooks and apply to job duties.
• Demonstration of the communication and collaborative skills necessary for the teaching assistant to act as a member of an effective educational team.
• Implementation of instructional strategies developed for students.
• Perform duties designed to support skills being learned.
• Under the direction of the teacher, reinforce or reteach skills previously learned.
• Provide the support needed to assure that all needs of students are met: educational, behavioral, and physical.
• Prepare for classroom instruction, including such activities as grading, copying, and taking roll as directed.
• Implement, under the direction of the teacher a variety of effective teaching techniques in order to meet the individualized needs of students.
• Implement preventative behavior strategies and interventions.
• Teach behavior related skills to individuals and small groups.
• Provide for individual differences.
• Model behavior interventions and classroom management strategies for teachers.
• Respond to student needs removing barriers to learning.
• Effectively implement the modification and accommodation of classroom.
• Carry out all other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree