What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Education Paraprofessional position at Merrillville Community School Corporation?
Position: Paraprofessional
Social Behavior Para
Essential Skills Para
Resource Para
1:1 Para
Schedule: 7 hours
(Hours To be determined upon position and building assignment)
School year position
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
