1:1 Student Support & Behavior Aide — Middle School

Chillicothe City School District; Chillicothe (MO); On-site; USD 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Chillicothe City School District seeks a paraeducator at Chillicothe Middle School to support social-emotional learning objectives and assist individual students or small groups. The role operates under the guidance of the behavior management specialist, classroom teacher and building principal.

The position emphasizes positive behavior supports, students’ self-regulation, confidentiality, and collaboration with staff to implement strategies and document progress.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to apply positive behavior interventions, and model implementation of the interventions to staff.
• Ability to regulate self control during stressful situations.
• Willing and able to participate in in-service training.
• Demonstrated ability in working with students in formal and informal situations and show evidence of successful work experience.
• Eligible to obtain a State Paraprofessional Aide License.

Responsibilities

• To assist the teacher in achieving teaching social emotional skills objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the social emotional skill levels of the class as a whole.
• The aide will accomplish this goal under the direction of the behavior management specialist, classroom teacher and the supervision of the building principal.
• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of self regulation.
• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing positive behavior supports based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Alerts the teacher to any problems or special information about an individual student.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of teachers.
• Participates in inservice training programs as assigned.
• Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Performs other job related duties as assigned by the teacher, principal or designee.
• Administers medications to students consistent with District policies and student IEPs.
• Assists students with personal health needs such as feeding, walking, etc.
• Accompanies student to inclusion classes, as needed.
• Assists in classroom documentation.
• Participate in daily meeting with students, behavior specialist, teacher, or principal to review student data and response to behavioral interventions.

Skills

Positive behavior interventions

Self-control

In-service training

Student interaction

Education

Associate's Degree preferred

State Paraprofessional Aide License

Job description

Chillicothe City School District seeks a paraeducator at Chillicothe Middle School to support social-emotional learning objectives and assist individual students or small groups. The role operates under the guidance of the behavior management specialist, classroom teacher and building principal.

The position emphasizes positive behavior supports, students’ self-regulation, confidentiality, and collaboration with staff to implement strategies and document progress.