Special Education Paraprofessional

Position: Paraprofessional

Resource Para

Social Behavior Para

Essential Skills Para

Applied Skills Para

Pre-K Para

1:1 Para

LOFT Para

Schedule: 7 hours

(Hours To be determined upon position and building assignment)

School year position

Classification: Category III, Class C, $15.00-$18.00/hour

Highly Qualified

Reports to: Teacher of Record & Exec. Director of Special Education

Job Summary

To assist the classroom teacher in achieving teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assists teachers in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies and field trips.
• Provides assistance and monitors progress of students receiving services.
• Provides accommodations for students based on their IEPs.
• Communicates with the general education teacher on any issues or special information about an individual student.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Perform other duties as requested by the Teacher of Record.

Qualifications Requirements:

• 2 years of college experience; or associates degree; or
• Passed the ParaPro Assessment
• Completed 48 credit hours of college level classes
• Experience with Special Education Instruction, preferred