Paraprofessional - Building Level Primary Focus - SES

Nimble; Syracuse (IN); On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Wawasee Community School Corporation is seeking a Classroom Paraprofessional - Kindergarten to support teachers and help students achieve the class's learning objectives. The role covers individual and small-group instruction, planning support, and collaboration with staff.

The position emphasizes assisting with tests, supervising activities, and maintaining student records while upholding confidentiality and ethical standards.

Qualifications

• Ability to plan and organize instructional support.
• Strong human relations and interpersonal skills.
• Effective communication with students, parents and staff.

Responsibilities

• Assist teacher with diagnostic tests when needed.
• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce material.
• Devise strategies to reinforce skills based on student needs.
• Guide independent study and enrichment work set by the teacher.
• Check notebooks, correct papers, and supervise testing and makeup work.
• Assist with group activities such as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
• Serve as information source for substitute teachers.
• Assist with copying and laminating student materials.
• Supervise recess or lunch duties.
• Uphold the mission of Wawasee Community School Corporation.
• Record keeping as assigned by the teacher.
• Attend monthly staff meetings and participate in staff development.

Skills

Plan and organize

Human relations

Effective communication

Education

2 Years of College Credits or Parapro Test or Professional Development Sessions

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

5.5 Hours per day - 182 Days

2 Years of College Credits, take and pass the Parapro Test, or attend Professional Development Sessions

JOB TITLE:Classroom Paraprofessional - Kindergarten

TYPE OF POSITION:Classified

REPORTS TO:Teacher or immediate supervisor, Principal

POSITION PURPOSE:

To assist the teacher to achieve teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Assists the teacher with diagnostic tests when needed.
2. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
3. Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
4. Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
5. Checks notebooks, correct papers, and supervises testing and makeup work, as assigned by the teacher.
6. Assists with such group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
7. Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
8. Assist the teacher with copying and laminating student materials.
9. Supervise recess or lunch duties.
10. Uphold the mission of Wawasee Community School Corporation.
11. Alerts the regular teacher to any problems or special problems about an individual student.
12. Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
13. Attends to students’ personal needs.
14. Record keeping as assigned by the teacher.
15. Other duties as assigned by the building administrator.
16. Attends monthly staff meetings.
17. Is an active participant in staff development.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. High School Diploma or equivalent
2. Ability to plan and organize.
3. Skills in human relations.
4. Ability to communicate effectively before groups of students and parents.
5. Other qualifications as deemed desirable by the School Board.
6. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of School Trustees may find appropriate and approve.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit and use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, each with hands and arms: climb or balance.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

There are no environmental hazards indicated for this position.

TERMS:

Length of year and rate of pay to be determined by the School Board.

EVALUATIONS:

Evaluation of performance on this job will be in accordance with the provision in the policy handbook