What are the responsibilities and job description for the Elementary Para Professional position at Elementary?
JOB GOAL:
- To assist, support, and work closely with teachers, administrators, and other team members in providing educational benefits for students.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially introduced and outlined by certified staff.
- Monitors work, corrects papers, and supervises curriculum-based testing and make-up work as assigned by the certified staff.
- Serves as the chief source of information and help to any guest teacher assigned in the absence of the regular certified staff.
- Alerts the certified staff to any problem or special information about an individual student.
- Performs assigned supervision of students during lunch periods, play periods, and field trips.
- When requested, serves as a resource person to the General Education Intervention Team and/or IEP / Title 1 / ESL Team(s).
- Demonstrates ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students in the school environment and community.
- Maintains a safe working environment and encourages colleagues to be safety-minded in the performance of all school-related duties.
- Performs other such duties/assignments as directed by the building administrator
- Participates in in-service training programs as approved.