Position: Educational Assistant/Paraprofessional

 

Reports to: Building Administrator

 

Employment Status: Regular/Full Time

 

Description: Assist teachers with classroom and office duties; assist teacher in

providing additional assistance in the required subject and/or monitor students at lunch,

recess and study hall

 

NOTE: The below lists are not ranked in order of importance

 

Essential Functions:

• Ensure safety of students
• Work with students both individually and in small groups
• Assist students with classwork
• Play learning games
• Assist students with programmed materials
• Assist with recess supervision, restroom breaks, etc.
• Assist students with make-up work if absent
• Promote good social relationships between children
• Prepare materials for class projects
• Grade papers
• Distribute communiqués to be sent home with children
• Duplicate materials for class
• Make contacts with the public with tact and diplomacy
• Maintain respect at all times for confidential information (i.e. IEP, ETR, student records, free/reduced lunch forms, student test scores)
• Interact in a positive manner with staff, students and parents
• Promote good public relations by personal appearance, attitude and conversation
• Attend meetings and in-services as required
• Provide supervision support to the attendant during toileting and diapering

 

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings
• By example, instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values
• Assist in the school office as needed
• Assist with special school projects
• Chaperone field trips
• Perform correspondence, including reports and such other correspondence as may be required
• Prepare supply, material, and equipment requisitions as directed by immediate supervisor
• Supervise general housekeeping duties
• Keep permanent records up-to-date
• Respond to routine questions and requests in an appropriate manner
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor for the Education of Exceptional Children
• Must be able to deal appropriately with students who exhibit emotional or physical behavior problems

 

Qualifications:

• Less than one year related experience
• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Two years of higher education; associate's degree or higher; or passing score on State Parapro Assessment

 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to work effectively with others
• Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing
• Effective, active listening skills
• Organizational and problem solving skills
• Basic computer skills and excellent keyboarding skills
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to changing situations
• Student behavior management skills

 

Equipment Operated:

• Computer
• Copy machine
• Printer
• Telephone
• Fax machine
• Calculator

 

Additional Working Conditions:

• Exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue
• Interaction among unruly children
• Occasional requirement to travel
• Regular requirement to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, see, read, speak, reach, stretch with hands and arms, crouch, climb, kneel, and stoop
• Occasional carrying/lifting paper and other classroom supplies up to a maximum of 50 pounds

This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent’s supervisor, appointing authority.