What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paraprofessional - Sci Tech Middle School position at Wayside Schools?
Employment Opportunity
Job Title: Paraprofessional- Sci-Tech Middle School
Job-Type: Full-time
Contract Days: 187 Days
Reports to: Campus Principal
Location: Wayside Schools
Company Website: http://www.waysideschools.org
ABOUT WAYSIDE SCHOOLS: Wayside Schools is an open-enrollment, tuition-free Pre-K3-12th grade public charter school network that provides over 2,200 scholars across its four South Austin campuses with a rigorous International Baccalaureate education. Since 2012, Wayside schools has striven to empower historically underserved scholars, providing them with the instructional experiences, academics skills, intellectual habits and social and emotional competencies needed to become graduates from four-year colleges and universities, providing them with the access and opportunities they need to narrate their own futures and positively impact and empower the families and communities to which they belong.
Job Goal:
This employee is responsible for working with students in a secondary school setting. He or she will play a supporting role for content-area teachers in helping scholars learn academic content.
Qualifications/Education/Certification:
- Bachelor’s Degree, Associate’s Degree, and/or Paraprofessional Certificate
- Proficiency in Spanish (preferred)
Skill Requirements:
- Ability to work with individuals and small groups of scholars.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all employees.
- Ability to prepare and maintain required program records.
- Ability to assist supervising instructional staff in the preparation and/or organization of materials.
- Meet all State and Federal requirements for the position, regarding staff qualifications.
Performance Responsibilities:
- Assisting teachers in preparing instructional materials to be used in the classroom.
- Working with assigned scholars under the teacher's direction.
- Establishing and maintaining high standards of scholar behavior consistent with district and school policies.
- Attending school-wide assemblies or special programs, as needed.
- Performing other duties as assigned
Physical Effort and Work Environment:
- Some movement throughout the classroom is generally necessary to facilitate learning (e.g., standing, walking, stooping, bending, sitting, and/or kneeling).
- Light lifting of materials and other objects associated with a classroom environment is required (e.g., books, teaching aids, up to approximately 20 – 40 lbs.).
- Field trips may be made.
- Candidate should be willing to contribute directly or indirectly to the development of children both inside and outside the classroom, which may include working hours in addition to the regular school day.
- This position may involve rare exposure to blood or body fluids.
- Regular attendance is required for this position.
Benefits:
- Health Insurance, including major medical, dental, vision, and life
- 10 Days Accrued Leave Per Year
- Professional Development and Coaching
- 403(b) plan
Additional Information:
This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Wayside Schools has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice. In accordance with applicable laws and Wayside Schools policies, no person shall be excluded from consideration for recruitment, selection, appointment, training, promotion, retention or any other personnel action, or be denied any benefits or participation in any educational programs or activities which it operates on the grounds of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age or veteran status (except where age, sex, or disability constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification necessary to proper and efficient administration). All new employees must present proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States. The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
