What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Education Paraprofessional - Elementary (24-25 School Year) position at Fort Smith Public Schools?
POSITION DESCRIPTION
POSITION TITLE: Special Education Paraprofessional - Elementary
FLSA: Non-Exempt
REPORTS TO: Principal and Classroom Teacher
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Contract will be prorated based on actual start date. A full contract for this position is 190 days, with benefits as specified in employee contract.
BEGINNING: 24-25 School Year
LOCATION: District Wide
QUALIFICATIONS
- Associates degree, 60 college credit hours, or passing score on ParaPro Praxis exam.
- Ability to work with students with disabilities.
DISTRICT VALUES
- We will always put student needs first.
- We believe relationships matter.
- We expect accountability.
- We operate with transparency.
- We prioritize student and staff safety.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Provide individual or small group instruction.
- Assist in implementing behavior management activities.
- Perform clerical duties which may include collection and recording of data, preparing classroom materials, and entering data into a computer program.
- Assist with feeding, toileting, daily living skills, and physical activities, such as lifting and transferring students to and from wheelchairs.
- Attend conferences, as deemed appropriate/necessary.
- Attend appropriate training sessions. If applicable, annually obtain specified number of professional development hours.
- Use, with proper training. assistive technology devices.
- Accompany student to general education classroom, cafeteria, playground, restroom, and or other locations on the school campus.
- Participate in community based instruction activities.
- Conduct student programing assessments and/or screenings, per instrument administration guidelines/evaluator qualifications.
- Other duties as assigned.
These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.
OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS
- Maintain emotional control under stress.
- Must have the ability to lift at least 40 pounds occasionally.
- Ability to endure prolonged standing, walking, sitting, kneeling, occasional reaching above the head or the shoulders, bending, squatting.
See Classified Staff Salary Schedule
For our salary schedule, click this link to visit our district website.
If seeing this posting on a job site, please apply here
https://fortsmithschools.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx if interested.
