Position Type:
Paraprofessional Job Families
Date Posted:
2024-01-02
Location: Administration or As Assigned
INTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSION
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100 schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for
performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.
Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:
In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
CONTEXT AND MISSION
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100 schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren.
The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The Principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.
The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.
Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:
In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.
THE OPPORTUNITY
The CMSD Community, College, and Career Center Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day functioning of the center, with support and direction from the Library Media Specialist. The Community, College, and Career Center Coordinator will serve as a widely accessed school resource center for the whole school population, including educators, community partners, and families. The Community, College, and Career Center Coordinator implements the plans/goals of the Library Media Specialist and community partners in a flexible and responsive manner.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Center Coordination

• Effectively manages the center including logistics, routines, and procedures for weekly circulation (check in and check out of materials) to all scholars, family and community partners
• Provides and advocates for equitable access to collection tools using digital resources, programming, and services in support of the District's mission, vision and strategic plan
• Maintains the quality of center resources and services
  • Fosters a culture of reading, engagement with text, and learning and collaboration for all
  • Maintains the collection, including weeding on a regular cycle, shelving books and materials, and repair and disposal of books
  • Provides regular circulation reports and an inventory to the Library Media Specialist, in accordance with CMSD library policies
  • Maintains and supervises a safe and orderly, clean, attractive, and welcoming center for all scholars, families, educators, and community partners
  • Adheres to the consistent library media standards maintained throughout the District
  • As a cooperative partner, reads and researches with scholars under the direction of Library Media Specialist and/or educators.
• Promotes and maintains center as a HUB for resources, information and activities
  • Creates a culture of collaboration and cross-fertilization between library functions and career exploration/counseling functions, looking for opportunities to utilize the space and technology resources to their fullest potential
  • Identifies, establishes, and maintains linkages with community, college, and career resources

Center-Based Technology

• Ensures computers and other equipment are clean, accessible, and maintained in working order
• Works with District resources to keep the center technology in good working order
• Provides, recommends, and advocates for equitable access to all centers and District technology including devices, digital resources, library programming, and services to the Library Media Specialist in support of college/career planning

Information, Technology and Media Literacy

• Assists scholars, families, community members, and educators in developing the ability to locate, evaluate, and effectively use the needed information
• Develops information literacy resources appropriate to the age and skill level of the scholars
• Promotes and models how to critically access and evaluate various forms of media, especially information available on the internet, checking for bias, persuasive technique and rhetorical devices, marketing strategies and the role of media in our society

Qualifications

• High ethical standards
• A minimum of two years successful experience working with children and adolescents
• Self-motivated and ability to work with minimum supervision
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with students, staff, parents and community stakeholders
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Desire to serve the school and community
• Familiarity with computers and Office 365 suite, District e-mail, and completing forms and creating documents
• Current CMSD paraprofessional preferred
• Valid Ohio Educational Aide Permit
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, parents and community stakeholders
• Able to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
• Must meet one of the following requirements to be considered highly qualified:
  • Completed at least 2 years of study at an institution of higher education, which is defined as 48 semester or 72 quarter hours
  • An Associates (or higher) Degree
  • Successfully passed a formal State or local academic assessment, specifically, the Parapro Assessment or the Para Educator network

WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Expected moving, walking, and standing consistent with a school environment and occasionally lifting up to 15 pounds
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal school environment.
• Local travel may be required for training/meetings.

NOTE: The above stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive or to limit the discretionary authority of management to assign other tasks of similar nature or level of responsibility.
EEO STATEMENT
We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105.
The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:
1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216)-838-0070
TitleIX_EEO@ClevelandMetroSchools.org
Education
To Apply
Please submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.
EEO Statement
We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:
1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216)-838-0070
TitleIX_EEO@ClevelandMetroSchools.org