Para Educator at the High School

Job Overview
JOB TITLE: Paraeducator - Instructional Assistant – Basic Education/Special Education/Chapter- LAP

REPORTS TO: Director of Special Education, Principal and Special Education Teacher

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS: Conducts activities assigned by the teacher including one-on-one and small group instruction, testing, materials preparation and student monitoring.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. This list of essential job functions is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. Depending upon individual assignment, the employee may perform all or a combination of several of the following duties:

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL:

Assists students with life skills training, such as: clothing, movement and toilet usage. Assists students with computer use and assistive technology.

Assists teacher with recordkeeping, filing, verifying time spent in program and student progress and attendance.

Supervises lunchroom bus and/or playground as assigned.

All other duties appropriate to the position or as assigned by the supervisor.

MIDDLE SCHOOL:

Monitors students who are restricted for disciplinary reasons, brings breakfast and/or lunch to room as required.

Records, transcribes and distributes multiple disciplinary team notes on a weekly basis. Monitors bi-weekly forms, meets with teams to review student needs and progress.

All other duties appropriate to the position or as assigned by the supervisor.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Maintains liaison with mainstream teachers regarding student progress, reviews lesson plans, and monitors student progress.

Contacts community businesses for the purpose of securing job training opportunities for students. Provides job coaching skills for students in training programs.

Maintains communications with business where students are employed on a weekly basis to assist and modify programs as needed.

All other duties appropriate to the position or as assigned by the supervisor.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

PERSONAL QUALITIES:

Flexibility, ability to work independently, genuine concern for children and young people, ability to follow directions; possess mediation skills and problem-solving skills.

MINIMUM AGE & EDUCATION:

· Be at least eighteen years of age.

· Hold a high school diploma or its equivalent and

· Hold an Associates of Arts (AA) degree; or

· Have earned seventy-two quarter credits (or forty-eight semester credits) at an institution of higher education; or

· Have completed a registered apprenticeship program.

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:

Requires knowledge of computer use and software.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret curriculum materials.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: 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.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

The employee must occasionally lift, move, and/or transfer up to 60 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work is typically performed in a classroom environment; may experience frequent interruptions; occasionally required to deal with distraught, difficult or angry people; may be exposed to standard infectious diseases; noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may daily work in outside weather conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate; occasionally the noise level may be loud. CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:

Valid First Aid/CPR certification.

EVALUATION: This employee is evaluated by the Principal or their designee pursuant to the currently established district procedures and evaluation criteria.

The information contained in the job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. The individuals currently holding this position perform additional duties and additional duties may be assigned.

The South Whidbey School District #206 (SWSD) does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Compliance and Title IX Coordinator - Principal John Patton, 360-221-4300, jpatton@sw.wednet.edu. Section 504/ADA Coordinator - Superintendent Jo Moccia, 360-221-6100, jmoccia@sw.wednet.edu, 5675 Maxwelton Road, Langley, WA 98260. Title IX inquiries may also be directed toward the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR): https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html Information about the nondiscrimination and sex-based discrimination policies and grievance procedures, and how to report a concern or complaint: https://www.sw.wednet.edu/resources/title-ix SWSD Title IX training is available to all employees and is linked on our website here.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $24.06 - $31.95 per hour

Expected hours: 30 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $24 - $32