Behavioral Support Paraprofessional

Yukon Public Schools; Yukon (OK); On-site; USD 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid time off

Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System

Job summary

Yukon Public Schools is seeking a Behavioral Support Paraprofessional to assist students with disabilities who exhibit significant aggression. You will work one-on-one or in small groups to reinforce learning and support interactions with staff.

The role requires handling challenging behaviors with de-escalation strategies, collecting daily activity data, and participating in CPI and related trainings as needed. A timely driver’s license and reliable transportation are required.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• 48 hours of college credit or ParaPro Test required.
• CPR and CPI certifications preferred or willingness to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Assist certified staff in reinforcing learning materials and student skills.
• Support students one-on-one or in small groups in relationship-based interventions.
• Maintain confidentiality and use discretion with student records.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

De-escalation

Special education support

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

48 hours of college credit or ParaPro Test

CPR Certification

CPI Certification

Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation

Tools

None

Job description

JOB TITLE: BEHAVIORAL SUPPORT PARAPROFESSIONAL

JOB SUMMARY: This person will provide support to students with disabilities who exhibit significant physical aggression due to the severity of their disability. In a one or one or small group setting, this person must be willing to work with students who may demonstrate physical aggression, engage in frequent outbursts, and who may be emotionally, physically and/or mentally impaired.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Assists the certified staff in devising special strategies for reinforcing learning materials and skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Work with individual children or small groups of children to reinforce new skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Protect confidentiality of records and information gained as part of exercising professional duties and use discretion in sharing such information within legal confines.
• Provide verbal support, prompting, redirection, and modeling to help the students access the curriculum and interact with certified staff members and learning activities.
• Work cooperatively with other paraprofessionals, certified and licensed staff to facilitate positive interactions for the student with all staff and the ability to take instructions from a variety of school staff who are responsible for the student’s education.
• Adapts classroom activities, assignments and/or materials under the direction of the classroom teacher and the special services program coordinator for the purpose of supporting and reinforcing classroom objectives.
• Monitors individual and/or groups of students in a variety of settings (e.g. rest rooms, playgrounds, hallways, bus loading zones, cafeteria, assemblies, field trips, etc.) for the purpose of maintaining a safe and positive learning environment
• Documents student’s daily activities (e.g. behavior, completed assignments, on/off task times, etc.) for the purpose of completing daily logs and student’s hourly activities.
• Implements under the supervision of the Special Services Program Coordinator, behavioral plans designed by the IEP team for students with behavior disorders or other special conditions for the purpose of presenting and/or reinforcing learning concepts and maintaining a safe and positive learning environment.
• Create and hold professional development for incoming paraprofessionals.
• Effective communication with the special services program coordinator, teacher, building staff and parents.
• Assists in de-escalating challenging behaviors utilizing verbal de-escalation strategies to prevent further escalation.
• Daily data collection will be required.
• Additional professional development as determined by the district to encourage appropriate positive behavior interventions and implementation.

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:

• High School Diploma, or equivalent
• Must have 48 hours of transcripted college credit; or must have passed, or be able to pass, the ParaPro Test
• Experience working with students in a school or clinical setting who demonstrate at-risk behaviors is preferred
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and maintain a safe driving record; must have reliable transportation
• CPR Certification, or willingness and ability to obtain
• CPI Certification, or willingness and ability to obtain

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Must be able to regularly lift and/or restrain students in excess of 100 pounds.
• Exert up to fifty (50) pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to twenty (20) pounds of force frequently, and/or to ten (10) pounds of force constantly to move objects and provide redirection.
• Significantportion of each work day will be spent working with students who may demonstrate physical aggression, engage in frequent outbursts, and who may be emotionally, physically and/or mentally impaired.
• Must be able to successfully complete CPI Training, which includes being able to demonstrate the following skills:
• The following CPI Personal Safety Technique Exercises are modeled and must be replicated by participants:
  • Block to Strikes: hits, kicks
  • Grab Releases (wrist grab, hair pulls, chokes, bites)
  • Wrist Grab Release
  • Hair Pull Release
  • Neck Grab Release
  • Bite Release
  • Body Grab Release
  • Clothing Grab Release
• The following CPI Nonviolent Physical Crisis Intervention Exercises are modeled and must be replicated by participants:
  • Blocks
  • CPI Children's Standing Hold
  • CPI Children’s Seated Hold
  • CPI Seated Hold
  • CPI Standing Hold
• May experience constant interruptions and changes to normal routines.
• Will be required to travel to more than one work site in a given work day.
• Must be able to see, touch, hear, and speak: frequently required to stand, walk, sit; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

• 178 Day Contract, 7.5 hours per day
• Benefits for the employee include health insurance; contributions to the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System; $10,000 Life Insurance policy; Vision Insurance; and paid time off.
• Subject to post-offer/pre-employment Functional Capacity Exam
• 1.29 Pay ratio

STATUS:Non-Exempt Classified

EVALUATION: This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee of this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with the provisions of the Board’s policy of evaluation for certified personnel.