RTI Paraprofessional

RTI Paraprofessional

Full-time Position at Bonfield Grade School

Job Description

Reports to: RtI Coordinator /Building Principal

Location: K-8 Building

SUMMARY: This position is responsible for achieving objectives by working with small groups or individual students to help them achieve the grade-level learning expectations.

DUTIES:

• Discusses assigned duties with RtI teachers and RtI Coordinator in order to coordinate instructional efforts.
• Prepares lessons and needed materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, equipment and demonstrations as needed.
• Presents subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of RtI teachers and RtI Coordinator, using the district prescribed intervention program.
• Tutors and assists children individually or in small groups in order to help them meet grade-level learning expectations.
• Supervises students in classroom, halls, cafeteria, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips as assigned.
• Serves as a resource person, if and when requested, to the student personnel evaluation team conferring about one of the students to whom assigned.
• Distributes teaching materials to students.
• Facilitates and records progress monitoring and benchmark assessments and collects them when completed.
• Communicates with parents regarding student progress
• Enforces administration policies and rules governing students.
• Scores progress monitoring and benchmark assessments and computes and records results, using answer sheets or electronic marking devices.
• Completes required reports in a timely manner.
• Teaches social acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
• Works with students with multiple physical, mental and developmental disabilities.
• Is familiar with and uses adaptive equipment including communication equipment, wheel chairs, etc.
• May be required to perform tasks that students are not able to do.
• May work with/handle resistive students.
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the RtI teacher.
• Maintains a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Enforce school regulations and policies in a professional manner.
• Assists the RtI teacher and RtI Coordinator in other tasks necessary in maintaining a professional and positive classroom environment, and performs other teacher aide duties as may be assigned by the classroom teacher, administration or Board of Education.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• PARA License issued through Illinois State Board of Education
• Associate’s Degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education or completed 60 semester hours of college credit at a regionally accredited institution of higher education
• Must have excellent oral and written communication skills to work with teachers, education support personnel, building administrators and the general public.
• Ability to maintain good working relationship with fellow employees and pupils.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to push/pull up to 100 lbs.
• Must be detailed oriented.