Paraprofessional

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Kennett School District seeks applicants for a Paraprofessional for the 2026-2027 school year. As part of our innovative 4-day school week schedule, you will have the opportunity to engage students in meaningful learning experiences while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.  For more details and to be considered for this position, applicants must register and then apply online at https://kennett.tedk12.com/hire.  Please contact Dr. Nathan Baker at 573-717-1100; extension 1403, if you have any questions.

Position Title

Paraprofessional

Qualifications

Sixty (60) College Hours

Reports to

Building-level Administrators

Terms of Employment

Varies per Assignment

JOB GOAL:

To assist the teacher achieve teaching objectives by working with individual 
students or small groups to help students achieve skill levels, and to provide a well-organized, smoothly functioning class environment in which students can take full advantage of the instructional program and available resource materials.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material and skills.
• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing materials or skills based on a sympathetic understanding or individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction.
• Guides independent study, enrichment, and remedial work.
• Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Keeps bulletin boards and other classroom learning displays up to date.
• Assists with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and story-telling.
• Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.
• Assists students in the library media center.
• Corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work, as assigned by the teacher.
• Assists with lunch, snack, and cleanup routines.
• Assists with wash-up and toilet routines.
• Alerts the teacher to any problem or special information regarding an individual student.
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Maintains a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information
• Participates in professional development, as assigned.