What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Education Paraprofessional position at Frontier Elementary?
Position Purpose
- To assist certified professional staff with students in all educational environments to meet instructional goals and objectives.
Essential Job Functions
- Assists students with special needs in all aspects of classroom instruction to maximize inclusion, learning, and achievement.
- Assists and guides all students to reinforce reading, language arts, mathematics, computer instruction, and other skills.
- Works with students individually, in small groups, or whole group to reinforce and re-teach basic learning and implement
assigned programs.
- Assists professional staff in the administration and correction of classroom exercises, tests and assessments.
- Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual
student needs.
- Assists with record-keeping procedures to document student learning and performance.
- Assists with classroom behavioral management to minimize disruptions, ensure a safe and orderly classroom, and ensure
students are on task.
- Assists all students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty,
corridor, study hall, and other related non-instructional areas.
- Prepares educational materials as needed.
- Assists teacher with parent contact, as requested, to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student
education.
- Participates in IEP process and serves as a resource for the student personnel evaluation team as needed.
- Assist students with activities of daily living for the purpose of maximizing their ability to participate in school or learning
activities (toileting, feeding, maneuvering, hygiene, etc.)
- Follows all applicable safety rules, procedures and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students,
including those with disabilities or other special needs.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and others.
- Assists with fostering independence, socialization, and self-esteem for all students.
Salary : $15 - $19