2024-2025 ISI Specialist

Position Summary:
Create a flexible program and a class environment favorable to learning and personal growth; establishing effective rapport with pupils; motivating pupils to develop skills, attitudes and knowledge needed to provide a good foundation for education, in accordance with each pupil’s ability; and establishing good relationships with parents and with other staff members.

Essential Duties:

• Works with students who are having behavior problems in their regular classes in an effort to correct or moodily their behavior.
• Enables students to develop competencies and skills to function successfully in society.
• Interacts daily with core teachers to ensure students are still receiving schoolwork from the classroom.
• Interacts with principals/assistant principals/deans of students regarding the reason each student has been referred to the Alternative Education Program and the level assigned to the student’s behavior.
• Establishes and maintains standards of pupil behavior needed to achieve a functional learning atmosphere in the classroom. Treat pupils with respect and dignity.
• Evaluates pupils’ academic and social growth, keeps appropriate records, and prepares progress reports.
• Communicates with parents through conferences and other means to discuss pupil’s progress and interpret the school program.
• Interacts with pupils, staff and parents in a positive and professional manner.
• Identifies pupil needs and cooperates with other professional staff members in assessing and helping pupils solve health, attitude, and learning problems.
• Establish rapport with pupils and provides a pleasant, safe, and orderly climate conducive to learning.
• Actively participate in full implementation of the OKCPS model for School Improvement.
• Maintains professional competence through in-service education activities provided by the district and self-selected professional growth activities.
• Supervise and monitor students during out-of-classroom activities during the assigned working day which may include but not limited to (cafeteria duty, field trips, playground duty, hallway monitor, etc.)
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities):

• High School Diploma or GED required and one of the following:
  • Completed at least 48 credit hours of college study; Passed the OGET test; Pass the Education Testing Service Parapro Assessment Test (passing score is 455) or the Workkeys Assessment (Passing score is 4 or better on all three parts).
• Operates standard office equipment including using pertinent software applications.
• Prepares and maintains accurate records.
• Performs basic math; read a variety of manuals, write documents following prescribed formats, and/or present information to others; and understand complex, multi-step written and oral instructions.
• Specific knowledge-based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: concepts of grammar and punctuation; stages of child development and learning styles; and age appropriate activities.
• Ability to schedule activities; collate data; and use basic, job-related equipment.
• Ability to work with a wide diversity of individuals; work with a variety of data; and utilize job-related equipment.
• Problem solving is required to identify issues and create action plans.
• Specific ability-based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: flexibility; communicating with diverse groups; maintaining confidentiality; setting priorities; working as part of a team; and working with constant interruptions.

Physical/Mental Requirements:

• Must have adequate manual dexterity to write legibly and perform required duties on the computer.
• Must have adequate visual acuity to read, interpret and transcribe written material and other required duties.
• Requires normal range of hearing and clear speaking abilities to interact appropriately with others in person and on the telephone.
• Requires some stooping, bending, stretching and occasional lifting not to exceed 25 pounds.
• Sitting for prolonged periods of time.
• Proficient in using technology for effective communication and program management.
• May periodically require work outside of normal business hours, including weekends, under sometimes, stressful conditions in order to meet business needs and strict deadlines.

Reports To: Building Administrator
FSLA Status: Exempt
Compensation: 480 (salary determined by education level)
Work Days: 181
FTE: 100

This job description is not intended to be all inclusive. The employee will also perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the supervisor or appropriate administrator. Oklahoma City Public Schools reserves the right to, update, revise or change job duties as the need prevails. This document is for communication only and not intended to imply a written or implied contract of employment. The Board of Education and Superintendent may approve alternatives to the listed qualifications.