Paraprofessional Special Education - Elementary

Mukwonago Area School District

JOB POSTING

Special Education Paraprofessional – Big Bend Elementary School

Title: Special Education Paraprofessional – Elementary

Salary: $18.00 commensurate with experience

Hours: 29.75 Hours/week (Within this hour range 8:00 am to 3:45 pm)

Location: Big Bend Elementary School

Description: We need a person to work in the classroom under the direct guidance of a teacher. This position will work with students with disabilities. You will assist in the general and special education classrooms, providing structure and feedback, with task completion.

Responsibilities under the direction of a certified teacher:

• Work with general and special education teachers to reinforce teacher-introduced content and help students in individual/small/large group lessons make connections to their learning.
• Build relationships with students through knowledge of students’ background, skills, and interests, and use this knowledge to work with students and individualize their learning.
• Demonstrate an understanding of students’ instructional goals and work to successfully implement goals within the classroom.
• Demonstrate warmth and caring when interacting with students, being respectful of the cultural and developmental differences.
• Support students’ participation in the general education classroom.
• Employ constructive communication strategies and approaches when working with students, staff, and the school community.
• Follow instructional practices of general and special education teachers.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the supports and services listed in a student’s IEP.
• Demonstrate positive, supportive, and cooperative relationships with colleagues.
• Display high standards of honesty and integrity in all interaction with students, staff and the school community.
• Maintain student confidentiality in all settings.
• Be prepared, punctual, and reliable.
• Demonstrate flexibility with schedule changes and shifting student needs.
• Use required technology and support students in the use of technology.

Additional Expectations:

• Moves or assists students transferring into and out of wheelchairs or adaptive equipment when necessary. Ensure safety of students inside and outside of the building.
• Provides personal care and healthcare tasks for students when needed, including toileting, feeding, catheterization and g-tube feeding under the supervision and training of the district nurse and special education teacher
• Assists in data collection related to IEP goals and general education curriculum.
• Performs other duties as assigned by authorized personnel.
• Maintains a current assistant substitute folder.
• Comply with all district and departmental guidelines and expectations.
• Comply with board policies as defined on the district website.
• Comply and uphold exceedingly high levels of confidentiality and customer service.
• Ability to work effectively with staff, students.
• Neat and professional in appearance and behavior.

Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, and talk or hear, to use hands and fingers to handle, or touch objects and/or controls, as well as use repetitive motion of fingers, hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to bend, stoop, and crouch. The employee must be able to frequently lift/or move up to 50 pounds including, but not limited to lifting children from wheelchairs or transferring them. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, depth perception and also the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The usual environment of this position is classrooms within the school setting. However, the person in this position is expected to respond to student needs in the District. This may include working in multiple buildings or reassignments to other buildings. The employee regularly meets multiple demands from several people.

Employment Term: 10-month employee

Benefits: Per employee handbook and addendum

Please also apply at: https://wecan.waspa.org/Employer/Vacancy/Edit/217610

NON-DISCRIMINATION:

The Mukwonago Area School District complies with the provisions of Title IX, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1978, Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Wisconsin Fair Employment Act; and does not discriminate against students per Section 118.13, Wis. Stats., on the basis of sex, race, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, religion, physical, mental, emotional or learning disability or handicap in its educational programs or activities.

The Mukwonago Area School District does not discriminate in employment on the basis of sex, race, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, arrest, or conviction record, or membership in the national guard, state defense force, or any reserve component of the military forces of the United States.

Questions regarding compliance should be addressed to:

Christine Bowden, Compliance Officer

385 E Veterans Way

Mukwonago, WI 53149

Tel. No. (262) 363-6300 Ext 24200

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Big Bend, WI: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $18