Paraeducator - Behavior Support Specialist, Job 26-0716 KA
Kamiak High School
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Job summary
Kamiak High School seeks a Paraeducator - Behavior Support Specialist to assist students exhibiting behavior and social-emotional challenges, delivering proactive supports to improve academic focus. You will help design, plan, and deliver classroom activities with the teacher and supervise students in multiple settings to ensure a safe environment.
This role requires experience with behavior support, restorative practices, and collaboration with students, staff, and parents.
Qualifications
- Skills, Knowledge and Abilities required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job.
- Under supervision, demonstrate ability to support behavior plans and monitor progress.
- Experience working with students in a school setting preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assist teachers with daily supervision of students to maintain a safe, positive learning environment.
- Collect and share behavioral data with teachers and participate in goal setting.
- Implement behavior plans to address positive student behavior and support students in small groups.
- Supervise students during recess, cafeteria, and library.
- Attend meetings and trainings to support school initiatives and student needs.
Skills
Education
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Job description
Starting Date: Immediately
This is a 7.5 hour per day, 180 days per year, Paraeducator - Behavior Support Specialist position with benefits at Kamiak High School. Anticipated start date isas soon as possible.
Hours for this position are 7:15 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.
The selected candidate will work directly with students providing support solving problems, supporting behavior with systems, and collaborating with students, staff, and teachers. Candidate will need to track behavior and participate in Behavior Support Team meetings regarding data collected and monitoring student progress. Additionally, there may be some supervision duties which aid in the support of specific students.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience working in a high school. Experience working with students to support behavior and social emotional needs. Understanding of restorative practices. Strong skills collaborating and communicating with students, staff and parents. Ability to implement behavior plans and monitor progress. Collaborate with Behavior Support Team.
Minimum Qualifications:Basic WA State Para qualifications and experience working with children.
JOB SUMMARY:
Assist students who are exhibiting behavior and social emotional actions that are impacting academic achievement in order to provide proactive behavior supports that refocuses the student. Assist the teacher with designing, planning, and delivering lessons and activities that increase positive behavior in the classroom and around the school premises. Supervise students at recess, in the cafeteria, and in the library.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Assist teacher(s) with the daily supervision of students for the purpose of maintaining and providing a safe and positive learning environment.
- Under the teacher’s direction, collect student behavioral data and collaborate with teacher on designing behavior goals. Support students with developing routines and common language to assist with their communication skills regarding classroom behaviors.
- Under the teacher’s direction, implement behavior plans to monitor and address positive student behavior and run small groups to address behavior/social emotional concerns of students.
- Assist teacher(s) with monitoring and managing student behavior and progress; share observations with teacher(s) and other professional staff.
- Assist teacher(s) with implementation of various strategies to address diverse student needs and support individual educational growth and achievement goals.
- Provide clerical and general classroom assistance for staff, which may include collection and data entry of information and correspondence.
- Maintain confidentiality with student information.
- Assist with monitoring students in the cafeteria and/or at recess; assist with maintaining a clean and orderly environment for student safety and well-being.
- Participate in meetings and training for the purpose of sharing information, improving the employee skills and knowledge, implementing school initiatives and addressing student needs.
- Comply with District Policies.
- Maintain consistent presence at assigned worksite and regularly work hours specified.
- May be subject to reassignment of job duties depending on program, building and student needs
- Such other related job duties as assigned by supervisor(s).
Job Requirements: Minimum Qualifications
Skills, Knowledge and Abilities required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job.
- Demonstrated knowledge of math, spelling, reading, grammar, and punctuation.
- Desire and aptitude to work with students.
- Ability to positively and professionally interact with students, supervisors, and staff.
- Ability to work both independently and cooperatively in a team situation.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively manage student behavior.
- Demonstrated ability to work with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail and meet deadlines in an atmosphere of frequent interruptions.
- Ability to operate or willingness to learn to operate standard classroom equipment.
- Ability to provide for the physical, health and safety needs of students.
- Knowledge of computer applications used to assist with student learning.
- Ability to strengthen job-related competencies.
Education/Certification:
- Be at least eighteen years of age and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent.
- Two years of study at an institution of higher education (72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits),orhave obtained an associate’s (or higher) degreeorhave successfully passed the Para Pro Assessment developed by the Educational Testing Service (ETS).
- Valid Washington Driver's License, with acceptable driving record.
- Depending on assignment, may be required to complete behavior modification programs, including safe physical restraining techniques and/or other training as required.
Experience:
Job-related experience desired
Physical Requirements:Paraeducator – Behavior Support Specialist
Occasionally
1% - 33%
Frequently
34% - 65%
Continually
66% - 100%
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Walking
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Crouching
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Kneeling/Crawling
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Stooping
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Twisting Knees
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Twisting Waist
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Twisting Neck
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Balancing
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Leg/Foot Use
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Reaching
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Handling/Grasping
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Fingering/Feeling
...Pushing/Pulling
...Lifting/Carrying
...Talking
...Hearing
...Vision
...Near Acuity
...Far Acuity
...Depth Perception
...Color Vision
...Field of Vision
...Smell
...Work Outdoors
...Work Indoors
...Mukilteo School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Coordinator and Title IX Coordinator Robert Gallagher (425-356-1325), GallagherRM@mukilteo.wednet.edu , Section 504 Coordinator Becca Anderson (425-356-1277), AndersonRA@mukilteo.wednet.edu , and the ADA/Access Coordinator Karen Mooseker (425-356-1330), moosekerkw@mukilteo.wednet.edu . Address: 9401 Sharon Drive in Everett, WA. Inquiries regarding ADA/Access issues at Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center should be directed to Wes Allen, Director (425-348-2220) allenwr@mukilteo.wednet.edu . Address: 9001 Airport Road in Everett, WA 98204.
- Citizenship, residency or work visa required
- Mukilteo School District, Human Resources
- Email: EmploymentApplication@mukilteo.wednet.edu
Position Type: Classified Regular
Salary: $30.96 to $41.24 Hourly
Job Categories: Instructional Support > Paraprofessional / IA
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