SUMMARY: Under the supervision of the assigned teacher/ancillary staff, performs duties and assumes responsibilities affecting the educational, social-emotional and physical needs of handicapped students.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Experience working with students at both the secondary and elementary level.
• Ability to establish good public relations with students, parents, staff.
• Availability and willingness to work a flexible schedule.
• Understands student needs along with ability and desire to work with students with disabilities.
• Ability to attend to behavioral needs of students while following prescribed behavioral management or instructional programs.
• Physically able to perform the duties of this position including running/walking, bending, lifting, twisting, and responding to physical needs of the students.
• Ability to assist in the development and implementation of individualized education programs.
• Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations.
• Works with individuals or small groups of students on follow-up activities specified by the teacher.
• Administers, under supervision and direction, remedial or drill activities for individuals or small groups.
• Supervises and assists students in the classroom while teacher is working with other students in small groups or individually.
• Complies with State Law and District policies and regulations.
• Assists teacher with student needs; may include feeding, lifting, transferring and other learning activities
• Assists in other physical ways as identified by the IEP.
• Attends district workshops as directed.
• Maintains confidentiality, unquestionable integrity.
• Responsible to maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Performs such other duties as may be assigned by the teacher or administrator.

QUALIFICATIONS AND 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.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 60 hours of college credit or High school diploma and passed state or local test designed to demonstrate knowledge and ability in subject areas as defined by NCLB requirements (example: Work Keys) may be required for some paraprofessional positions.
• Prefer prior experience working with special needs children.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS:

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from administrators, students,staff and the general public consistent with the duties of this position.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure consistent with the duties of this position.Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations consistent with the duties of this position.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Ability to work with individuals and groups of students to support academics and behavior management.Must have patience working with special needs children.Ability to learn new skills, flexibility and willingness to perform a variety of tasks.Works well with others, follows written and oral directions and completes assignments given.Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents, staff members, and departments and business contacts outside of the District.Is self-directed, and works without direct supervision.

REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists consistent with the duties of this position.Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form consistent with the duties of this position.

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Ability to accurately perform assigned tasks.Ability to perform duties in full compliance with district requirements and School Board Policies.Ability to promote harmonious working relationships with staff, students, and parents.Possesses oral and written communication skills consistent with the duties of this position.Possesses interpersonal relationship skills consistent with the duties of this position.

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 frequently required to stoop, reach, stand, walk, lift, pull, push, grasp, talk, hear, see and use repetitive motions, while performing the duties of this job, the employee may frequently lift and/or move at least 50 pounds of materials, or lift children from wheelchairs, etc. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus. The position requires the individual to meet multiple demands from several people and interact with the public and other staff.

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. The noise level in the work environment is moderate to loud.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization