Paraeducator-Chestnut Street Academy

Amherst-Pelham Regional School District; Amherst (MA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Amherst Public School District in Amherst, MA seeks a full-time paraeducator to support 6th grade students with a range of disabilities at Chestnut Street Academy.

The role involves direct instruction under the supervision of a classroom or special education teacher, engaging a diverse student population, building relationships, collecting data, and contributing to a collaborative professional learning community.

Qualifications

• Commitment to inclusive education benefiting students socially, emotionally, and academically.
• Experience with diverse student populations in multicultural settings.
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships with students, colleagues, and supervisors.
• Ability to work in a professional learning community and multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment focused on student learning, data collection, and outcomes.
• Excellent executive function: organized, time-managed, independent when appropriate.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to collect data per students' individual programming.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct support and instruction to students under the direction of a classroom teacher or a special education teacher.
• Support students at developmentally appropriate levels.

Skills

Inclusion commitment

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Multitasking

Time management

Oral and written communication

Data collection

Job description

The Amherst Public School District is seeking a full time highly trained Paraeducator to work in our Chestnut Street Academy, serving 6th grade students with a range of disabilities.

This position includes providing direct support and instruction to student(s) under the direction of either a classroom teacher or a special education teacher at developmentally appropriate levels.

Qualified applicants should possess and/or have experience with the following:

• Commitment towards inclusion that benefits students socially, emotionally and academically
• Experience with a diverse population of students within a multicultural school / community
• Strong positive, interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships with student, colleagues and supervisors
• Strong ability to work as a member of a professional learning community and multi-disciplinary team
• Strong ability to multitask and work within a fast paced environment focused on student learning, data collection, and measurable outcomes
• Highly effective executive function skills including being well organized, strong time management skills, and able to work independently when appropriate
• Highly effective oral and written communication skills
• Ability to collect data as outlined by students' individual programming

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described below 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to assist students perform tasks, speak to deliver instruction and behavioral directives, and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee may also be required to use physical interventions to maintain the safety of students.

Highly, qualified candidates who are bilingual/bi-cultural are encouraged to apply.