Substitute Para Educator: Special Education

Job Title: Para-Educator - Special Education

Job Summary

The Para Educator - Special Education will work under the supervision of the Director of Special Education (or designee) to assist in the planning and implementation of a program for students.

Responsibilities

• Implement and monitor student IEPs.
• Develop caring relationships with students.
• Operate office equipment safely and effectively.
• Perform arithmetic calculations with accuracy.
• Maintain accurate and complete records and reports.
• Explain rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to students and parents.
• Perform clerical duties such as filing, duplications, keyboarding, and maintaining records.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, parents, and others.
• Work confidentially and maintain student confidentiality.
• Plan and organize work, meeting schedules and deadlines.
• Assist in planning and implementing suitable learning experiences for students.
• Supervise and participate in student activities, including playground supervision.
• Assist in setting up and monitoring program facilities.
• Provide direct tutorial assistance to students individually or in groups.
• Attend staff meetings and in-service training sessions.
• Prepare materials of instruction and set up work areas.
• Assist students and teachers as needed.
• Assist certificated teachers in operating classrooms and instructing individual or small groups of students.
• Assist in developing lesson materials and plans, identifying student needs, and maintaining records.
• Assist students in specific problem areas as necessary.
• Maintain order in the classroom and assist instructors with discipline when necessary.
• Perform class-related clerical work.
• Assist students in using computers.
• Assist students in learning proper grooming habits and personal hygiene.
• Participate in meetings, such as IEP, SARB, parent-teacher conferences, etc.
• Assist in feeding, serving, and preparing lunches, and post-meal cleanup.
• Assist students with toilet functions, taking them to the bathroom, changing diapers, assisting with cleanup, and changing clothes when necessary.
• Ensure the health and safety of students at all times.
• Assist students to and from buses, lifting students, and/or pushing wheelchairs when necessary.
• Assist students in physical education and motor skill activities.

Experience and Education

Graduation from high school or possession of GED required. One year of student-related experience and a passing score on the District competency test are also required.

Essential Functions

• Stand for extended periods of time.
• See for purposes of reading printed matter and observing students.
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels.
• Communicate clearly with others.
• Bend, twist, stoop, kneel, run, and crawl.
• Lift 25 pounds.
• Carry 25 pounds.
• Reach in all directions.
• Perform a wide variety of specialized and responsible work independently.

Other Related Functions

This position requires other related duties as assigned by the Director of Special Education or designee.