Bilingual Instructional Paraprofessional

KCMO; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 23,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Dental Insurance

Job summary

Kansas City Public Schools seeks an Instructional Paraprofessional to assist teachers in planning, coordinating, and carrying out child development activities for elementary students.

The role involves supervising students, preparing crafts, coordinating routines, and partnering with families. Requires 60 college credits or an associate degree, plus Missouri ParaPro or Paraprofessional assessments and a substitute training background.

Qualifications

• 60 college credit hours (or higher) required.
• Knowledge of the Project Construction Curriculum.
• Skills in working with children and their parents.
• Desire to work with elementary grade children.

Responsibilities

• Assist classroom teachers with planning and activities.
• Prepare crafts and materials for children.
• Monitor student behavior and reinforce routines.
• Support parent involvement activities.
• Attend orientation and training sessions.
• Perform clerical tasks such as typing, filing, inventory, data entry, and phones.

Skills

Working with children

Parent engagement

Team teaching support

Education

60 college credits

Associate degree or higher

Missouri ParaPro Assessment

Missouri Paraprofessional Assessment

20-hour substitute training

Job description

KANSAS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Job Description

Job Title: Instructional Paraprofessional

Job Title Code: 00192

Salary Grade: Z02S-Z06S $16.75 - $32.41 Based on Education and Experieence.

Reports To: Building Administrator

FLSA Status: Non Exempt

PURPOSE OF JOB

To work with classroom teachers to effectively plan, coordinate and carry out child development activities. Work with teacher to instruct children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for elementary school by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform a variety of basic duties to assist the teacher such as but not limited to: typing, filing, duplicating, taking inventory, data entry, administering tests, ordering supplies, placing phone calls, and materials distribution.


• Assist teachers in team teaching, team planning, as well daily and emergency routines.


• Monitor and reinforce appropriate student behavior during various activities such as play, lunch, detention, in-school-suspension or in the classroom as required.


• Assist in preparing of crafts, art, and sensory materials for children.


• Work cooperatively with parents and other classroom volunteers.


• Accompany teacher on home visits and assist in establishing support with families as needed.


• Participate on program planning committees, and parent involvement activities


• Attend orientation and in-service training sessions and serve as group leader when needed.


• Plan individual and group activities to stimulate growth in language, social, and motor skills such as learning to listen to instructions, playing with others, and using play equipment.


• Instruct children in practice of room cleanup and personal cleanliness with a goal of developing habits of caring for own self.


• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

None

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Individuals who wish to become an instructional paraprofessionalmust meet oneof the following qualifications:

  
  
  
  
  • Sixty (60) college credit hours.
  
  
  • Associate's Degree or higher.
  
  
  • Missouri ParaPro Assessment passing score (before September 23, 2013).
  
  
  • Missouri Paraprofessional Assessment passing score (September 23, 2013 and after).
  
  
  • Completed Missouri's 20-hour online substitute training program.
  
  


• Knowledge of the Project Construction Curriculum.


• Skills in working with children and their parents.


• Desire to work with elementary grade children.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Three (3) years successful experience working with elementary school children and their parents.


• Course work in childhood education.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least ten pounds. Job requires the employee occasionally to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Visual ability requires mono and color vision, close vision, distance vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

Length of work year: 7 hours per day; 5 days/week; 212 days

• Benefits: Health and Dental Insurance are provided.


• KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan –mandatory 9% contributionis required from employee and matched by KCPS; Voluntary retirement savings plans are also available.