ASD Paraeducator: Supportive Special Ed Role

Long Meadow Elementary; Rochester Hills (MI); On-site; USD 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Long Meadow Elementary in Rochester Hills, Michigan seeks a Special Education ASD Paraeducator. The role is full-time (7 hours/day, 5 days/week) under the Rochester Paraeducator Association Master Agreement, with a pay of $18.00/hour.

Position provides support to the special education program, assisting students with disabilities, under supervision of educators. Requires a high school diploma and dependable attendance.

Qualifications

• Experience with people with disabilities or training in interacting with students with disabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and to interact effectively with students, parents, and staff.
• Excellent attendance record, flexibility, and competence for assigned responsibilities, including ability to meet the physical and academic needs of students.
• Regular, reliable and punctual attendance required.

Responsibilities

• Takes direction for timely program delivery from building staff members responsible for student learning plans, including resource teacher, program teacher, teacher consultant, ancillary staff, and/or the general education classroom teacher.
• Assists with orientation, reading, music, art, physical education, and other curriculum tasks as directed by the learning program.
• Follows through with prescribed behavioral management programs.
• Assists with the development of instructional materials; demonstrates initiative and creativity with individual children and their program implementation.
• Assists with physical mobility, including assisting students getting off the bus, to the building, from the building, and on the bus.
• Assists with physical mobility, self-care and personal hygiene, and daily living activities such as toileting, feeding, catheterization, tube feeding, monitoring of medical support device, etc.
• Participates in physical activities which may be part of the students’ program and/or activities which may be unique to the student’s educational program.
• Reports successes and difficulties with student learning plans to the appropriate special educator in an informative, timely, and professional manner.
• Assists the teacher with routine classroom operations such as distributing and putting away materials, preparing bulletin boards, writing lessons on the board, preparing materials for classroom use, correcting student work; maintains and procures instructional materials, supplies, and resource materials.
• Supervises and assists students while they are involved in activities other than in the classroom.
• Performs other duties as assigned by special educators or building principal, as requested.

Skills

Experience with disabilities

Confidentiality and professionalism

Attendance reliability

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

Long Meadow Elementary in Rochester Hills, Michigan seeks a Special Education ASD Paraeducator. The role is full-time (7 hours/day, 5 days/week) under the Rochester Paraeducator Association Master Agreement, with a pay of $18.00/hour.

Position provides support to the special education program, assisting students with disabilities, under supervision of educators. Requires a high school diploma and dependable attendance.