What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paraprofessional position at North Providence Public Schools?
Schedule:
- 6.5 hours per day, including a 0.5-hour unpaid lunch break
- All days when school is in session | Please refer to the School Calendar linked here.
Hourly Rate: $21.23 - $23.83 [based on experience]
Those who do not meet the minimum requirements listed below and wish to pursue a career as a Paraprofessional, may visit the Rhode Island Department of Education's website to review qualifications and to enroll in an approved program today!
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist students academically in all settings on a daily basis.
- Assist students with all daily living activities including but not limited to: mobility, feeding, toileting, hygiene, and lifting students during transfers and repositioning as necessary.
- Provide escort and physical assistance to students as necessary.
- Assist students with transitioning on and off the school bus upon arrival and dismissal.
- Help maintain individual records for students inclusive of completed Medicaid documentation.
- Guide students in developing positive relationships with peers and adults.
- Assist with the supervision of students during student free time.
- Assist teachers in maintaining work and study areas.
- Collect and display suitable material for educational displays.
- Under the direction of the assigned teacher(s), develop learning materials and group lessons; adapt learning materials to meet the needs of individuals with different ability levels, learning styles, or cultural/linguistic backgrounds; and correct and prescribe students’ work to remediate students’ weaknesses.
- Attend meetings to help organize programs of instruction and discuss problematic students and situations.
- Participate in discipline procedures and prescribe consequences for student behavior, with supervision.
- Utilize de-escalation techniques acquired from the District-approved training to assist students when met with a challenge by physical needs such as outbursts, running, etc.
- Work with students in the community to assist with transition goals as necessary.
- Maintain a cooperative working relationship with all personnel, agencies and community partners.
- Assist teachers as a member of the Instructional Team in developing and using appropriate strategies and techniques (develop materials and provide group lessons).
- Assist teachers in devising special strategies for reinforcing positive behavior based upon a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
- Serve as the chief source of information to help any substitute teacher assigned on any given day.
- Monitor and respond to District-related email communications.
- Complete mandatory trainings as assigned through the District’s Learning Management System (LMS) in a timely manner.
- Other related duties as assigned by classroom teachers, school Principal and/or the Director of Student Services and/or his/her designee(s).
Salary : $21 - $23