Migrant Student Service Provider (SSP) Paraprofessional

Job Title: Migrant Student Service Provider (SSP)

Qualifications:

1. Must have 2 years of College course work completed OR Associates Degree OR passed the Paraprofessional GACE Test
2. Valid driver’s license and proof of insurance
3. Possess good interpersonal skills
4. Exhibit motivation and self-direction
5. Bilingual/bicultural skills preferred
6. Experience in education or human services preferred

Reports To: Principal

General Statement of Duties for Migrant SSP:

Migrant Student Service Providers (SSP) and/or Recruiters will provide classroom support services as needed to meet the unique educational needs of migrant students, supplemental services as needed to help students successfully meet the educational standards of the local school system and state, and educational support for dropouts, out-of-school youth (OSY) and EXITO (Preschool) students through the Title I, Part C Education of Migratory Children Program.

Instructional Duties:

1. Consider home/school/community factors when addressing academic needs.
2. Share relevant information with classroom teachers.
3. Assist teachers in determining need for instructional services by completing migrant student Priority for Services forms (PFS).
4. Make appropriate home visits.
5. Provide tutorial services as needed in conjunction with the classroom teacher.
6. Communicate progress and needs of migrant students to classroom teachers.
7. Promote and encourage parental involvement in the educational program.
8. Locate health and social services for migrant students as necessary.

Identification and Recruitment Duties (on as needed basis):

1. Identifies and recruits eligible migrant students residing in the assigned geographical area.
2. Identify and establish contact with local employers of migrant labor.
3. Establish a procedure for screening for new student enrollees on a regular basis.
4. Establish and maintain community contacts enabling timely information on newly arriving migrant families.
5. Visit labor camps, employers of migrant labor, local motels/trailer parks, coin laundries, ethnic food stores and any other locations where migrant laborers and their families may be found.
6. Initiate enrollment activities.
7. Maintain contact with GaDOE recruiters and resource specialists.
8. Interview prospective participants and complete Certificate of Eligibility (COE) documents and submit following the guidelines in the Georgia Migrant Education Program Identification and Recruitment and Data Collections Handbook.
9. Create, update, and follow the local Identification and Recruitment (ID&R) Plan.

Documentation Duties:

1. Maintain the Supplemental Services Tracking Form of all instructional and supplemental services provided.
2. Complete and submit reports as directed indicating services rendered to students.
3. Maintain completed copies of all migrant PFS.
4. Submit withdrawal forms in a timely manner (within a week of withdrawal).
5. Provide a written daily schedule to the school and to the Migrant Director/Coordinator for county.
6. Maintain additional documentation as directed by the GaDOE regional office or Migrant County Coordinator (ie: EOE report, PFS report, MPR/NPR report, Grade reports, etc,)
7. Meet the established deadlines for completion of all paperwork and reports required by your district, the regional MEP office, and/or the GaDOE.

Additional Duties:

1. Attend appropriate workshops and in-service meetings.
2. Maintain a travel log and submit travel expense reimbursement forms as required by the district.
3. Work closely with the regional MEP staff in preparation for special events such as college awareness programs, summer programs at ABAC, UGA, and GSU, parent advisory council meetings, awards and honors programs and summer schools.
4. Involve migrant parents in community interest programs, local and state PACs, Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CNA) meetings, PTA/PTO, and other school events.
5. Performs other migrant program duties as assigned by the Migrant Director/Coordinator and system supervisor.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit for extended periods of time. The employee is also required to talk, hear, stand, and walk. The employee may be required to use hands to handle, feel and/or reach. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.