Special Programs One-on-One Paraprofessional
About The Position
Special Programs One-on-One Paraprofessional Location: Rock Springs High School Reports To: Building Principal Terms of Employment: 9 Months/Year Part Time, at most 29 hours per week Salary: P-V, $25.69, MUST BE HIGHLY QUALIFIED Nature and Scope of Job: To implement on a daily basis all assistance toward maximizing student learning as deemed necessary and/or required to meet the social emotional, behavioral, academic, and personal needs of special education students under direction of the supervising resource room teacher.
Requirements
- Knowledge of the teaching and learning process
- Knowledge of lesson implementation and presentation
- Knowledge of classroom management techniques
- Ability to communicate positively throughout the work day
- Ability to follow and successfully complete both written and oral directions
- Ability to think clearly and calculate accurately
- Ability to work positively with people of various personality types
- Possess good organizational and time management skills.
- Possess sound emotional judgment
- Must be Highly Qualified: Highly qualified classification is 48 or more college hours, AA degree, or a passing grade on the district approved ParaPro test.
- Adequate hearing and vision skills
- Be able to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Be able to sit for up to 4 hours at a time.
- Be able to work at a computer monitor for extended lengths of time.
- Be able to accurately take hand written or typed notes during classes.
Responsibilities
- Assist in implementing teacher's plans for students in all academic/behavioral/personal areas as directed by supervising resource room teacher on a daily basis.
- Assists supervising resource room teacher in collecting data on individual student's IEP goals and objectives.
- Facilitates in the supervision and classroom management of all students as directed and consistent with the supervising teacher's management plan.
- Assists supervising teacher with individual student hygiene to include toileting, personal hygiene, and feeding tasks when appropriate.
- Instructional assistants need to be in assigned areas.
- Assists the supervising teacher in preparing the classroom, materials, and equipment for use in specific instructional programs on a daily basis.
- Maintains confidentiality of all information concerning students, staff, parent/guardian in any public setting, classroom or area where students or uninvolved staff are involved.
- Selects an appropriate place, time, with supervisor to discuss situations.
- Uses positive verbal and non-verbal communication and interaction skills when working with students, district, personnel, and co-workers at all times.
- Locates and organizes any instructional materials by copying, filing, lamination etc. as directed by supervising teacher.
- Corrects assignments (with key) as directed by supervising teacher.
- Intervenes with students, at the direction of the teacher or administrator, in crisis/emergency situations.
- Seeks appropriate additional tasks when assigned work is completed.
- Instructional assistant will cover in regular classrooms as assigned by supervising teacher.
- Performs any other duties as assigned by resource room teacher and or administrator.
- Participates in additional training to increase knowledge base.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Industry
Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
