Paraprofessional

FLEX HIGH SCHOOL OHIO Full Time, Monday – Friday; 8:30AM - 3:00PM Compensation: Competitive compensation package starting from $17.68/hour Do you have a passion to work one-on-one with students and help them soar? As a Paraprofessional at Flex High School, you will encourage, challenge, and help students grow in confidence and academics, and graduate high school – no matter their obstacle. The Flex High Advantage Our personalized learning model is what makes Flex High School unique. Our students are at the center of our mission, which means that staff is unified and priorities are set to reach the best outcome for all students. Some the other advantages we offer are: Our student-counselor ratio is 1:250, which is far below many traditional schools. We offer free tutors for students and labs that supplement their instruction and reduce academic discouragement. With the support of Lifelong Learning, an educational services organization, staff receives all the tools/resources needed to do their job without any personal financial investment. We provide ongoing professional learning, continuing education (subsidized), career advancement opportunities for staff throughout the school year. Our staff has a close relationship with and is supported by their area supervisor/leadership. We empower them to succeed. We operate year-round with generous holiday, vacation, and seasonal breaks. Come learn more about us at https://flexhigh.org/ How You Will Make an Impact The Paraprofessional serves as a knowledgeable professional in the indicated Education Program and/or related service delivery process. This position will assist appropriate educators in servicing students in the specialized program. The Paraprofessional completes paperwork, performs data entry, completes organizational tasks, and provides tutoring support and/or sign language interpretation to students in the specialized program MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Completion of two years of college (48 units), or Associate Degree required; Bachelor’s degree preferred or Pass a local assessment of knowledge and skills in assisting in instruction issued by an approved Local education agency Experience working with students Experience working with low economic and at-risk populations Experience in the education of individuals with exceptional needs, student who are deaf or hard of hearing, or in the related Career Technical Education or Literacy content area Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) Sign Language Interpreter Qualifications: Fluent in sign language, certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) or equivalent, if providing Cued Speech interpretation, be certified by any certifying body recognized by the National Cued Speech Association (NCSA) TRAVEL: Ability and willingness to travel to various school locations in performance of job duties. PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Mental Demands: ability to handle multiple competing projects and assignments. Finger Dexterity: using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together. Speech clarity, oral expression; written expression, talking; especially where one must convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly. Average Hearing: able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information. Average Visual Abilities: ordinary acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or operate machinery. Physical Strength: sedentary work. Sitting most of the time. Exerts up to 10 lbs. of force occasionally (almost all office jobs). Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work required. Working in a noisy, distracting environment with frequent deadline pressures. Benefits: We are committed to providing quality and affordable benefits to our employees. We offer a comprehensive and flexible benefits program designed to meet the changing needs of our employees and their families. Some of our benefits for full-time employees include: Competitive nonprofit salary Excellent medical, dental, vision coverage Life insurance Long-term disability (LTD); short term disability (STD) Sick leave Generous holiday, vacation and seasonal breaks 403(b) retirement plan with an attractive company contribution Paid professional development opportunities Wellness benefits through our Wellable app and Employee Assistance Program that includes financial, legal and emotional counseling Employee discount program for things such as travel, home and entertainment.