Instructional Para Professional

Job Status:  All Applicants
Job Title:  Instructional Paraprofessional 
Location:  Ross Elementary
Reports To:  Principal
Calendar:  Now until the remainder of the school year
Hours:  Full-Time
Hourly Wage:  $13.53 - 15.93/hr - Depending on previous experience as a para in a school
Benefits:  Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Public Employees Retirement System

Job Summary:

Qualifications:

• Educational Requirements
  • High school diploma or GED or
  • Two years of college or 32 credits or
  • Associates degree or
  • Meet or exceed the cut score on Praxis Exam for the Para Pro Assessment.
• Past successful experience working with school-age children.
• May need to be able to lift 50 pounds.
• Positive public relations skills.
• Demonstrated ability to accomplish the major duties listed below.

 
Major Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Assist the assigned classroom teacher in the delivery of an effective instructional program.
2. Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material and skills introduced by the teacher.
3. Respond to students’ questions and requests for assistance.
4. Become familiar with basic education knowledge with an emphasis on due process procedures and confidentiality of information and records.
5. Display a positive attitude toward school programs and show respect for leadership and programming decisions made by supervisors.
6. Provide individualized instructional activities using materials and sequences selected/prescribed by the assigned teacher and other related personnel.
7. Maintain all clerical information required of the program in a timely, accurate, and thorough manner.
8. Help to maintain a positive classroom environment through the performance of duties such as making attractive bulletin boards, developing interesting instructional materials, using equipment and materials appropriately, keeping the room and work areas clean and orderly, etc.
9. Communicate classroom rules and encourage students to set and maintain standards of classroom behavior.
10. Supervise and manage student behavior in a variety of school settings.  
11. Discipline students in a manner consistent with school and teacher policies.
12. Use appropriate reinforcement strategies in a manner indicating an empathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
13. Administer, score, and record such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students.
14. Operate and care for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
15. Participate in staff meetings, appropriate in-service training, and other professional development activities as requested.
16. Serve as the chief source of information and help for and substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the assigned teacher.
17. Work with students, parents, staff, and others in a positive, encouraging manner.
18. Know and follow district policy and chain of command.
19.  Act ethically and confidentially in all aspects of employment.
20.  Any other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Sit for extended periods of time.
• Walk and stand for extended periods of time.
• Reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally lift and carry up to 20 pounds.
• May be required to block or redirect students.
• Must be able to effectively supervise and support staff when consequences are implemented including supervising physical restraint and seclusion if necessary for safety.
• Must be able to effectively communicate through speech.

Salary : $14 - $16