Paraprofessional – Connections Program

Overview
Paraprofessionals support transition-age students (18–22) in developing academic, social, vocational, and independent living skills across classroom, community, and college campus settings. This position focuses on fostering independence, promoting inclusion, and ensuring students can meaningfully participate in individualized transition programming.

Key Responsibilities

Support students with intellectual disabilities, autism, and other disabilities in classroom, community, vocational, and college-based environments.

Coach students in skills such as organization, time management, study habits, self-advocacy, social communication, life skills and personal safety.

Assist students at job sites by modeling tasks, monitoring performance, and encouraging workplace behaviors.

Provide travel training and support safe navigation in community and college settings.

Collaborate with teachers, related service providers, job-site supervisors, and college personnel to implement accommodations and learning strategies.

Maintain required documentation and communicate regularly with the Special Education Case Manager.

• Build positive, professional relationships and uphold confidentiality.
• Strong ability to work as a member of a professional learning community and multi- disciplinary team including with community based partners (colleges, job sites, etc.)
• Flexibility in assignment which may include supporting specialized programs and/or supporting students with IEPs in general education classrooms, special education classrooms, and in the community (which includes but is not limited to: at vocational sites and on college campuses- to support students with working on independent living skills, vocational skills, recreation/leisure skills, and social skills).

Qualifications

Commitment to inclusive practices that support students academically, socially, and vocationally.

Experience working with diverse learners in school or community settings.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills; ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.

Flexibility to support students in a variety of environments including classrooms, job sites, and college campuses.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described below 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 use hands to assist students perform tasks, speak to deliver instruction and behavioral directives, and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.