Paraprofessional - Job Coach

North Branford Public Schools; Northford (CT); On-site; USD 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

North Branford Public Schools seeks a Paraprofessional - Job Coach for the Transitional Center. The role supports students as they prepare for work, community, and recreational sites, accompanying them to sites and guiding independence.

Responsibilities include on-site training, progress reporting, and regular collaboration with the Transition Coordinator. Experience with students with disabilities is preferred.

Qualifications

• Previous experience with students with disabilities is preferred.
• Ability to interact with secondary students and employers.
• Must meet or be eligible to meet NCLB requirements for paraprofessionals.
• Previous experience in vocational settings is preferred.
• Coursework in vocational education or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares students for work/community/recreational site participation by describing job responsibilities and researching sites.
• Accompanies students to and from work/community/recreational sites.
• Helps students identify landmarks to foster independence within sites.
• Provides on-site training to students in consultation with supervisor.
• Monitors students' performance at sites and reports progress to Transition Coordinator.
• Supports planning through regular consultation with the Transition Coordinator.
• Gives students opportunities to practice site-related skills in Life Skills classroom.
• Offers re-teaching and reminders as needed in classroom and sites.
• Helps students reflect on site performance and identify opportunities to expand their role.

Skills

Interacting with students & employers

NCLB paraprofessional eligibility

Disability experience preferred

Vocational settings exposure

Education

Meet NCLB paraprofessional requirements

Vocational education coursework preferred

Job description

POSITION

Paraprofessional - Job Coach

Transitional Center

WORK YEAR

Anticipated is 6.5 hours per day, 181 days per year

SALARY

Specialist Rate - as specified in the Agreement between the North Branford Board of Education and the North Branford Federation of Paraprofessionals.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Prepares students for their upcoming participation at work/community/recreational sites by describing the job responsibilities, providing opportunities to research the site on the computer, or completing other activities utilizing materials appropriate to the student's skill level.
• Accompanies students to and from work/community/recreational sites
• Helps the student identify important landmarks within the site so the student can become as independent as possible in accessing the building (i.e. entryway, offices, bathrooms, corridors, etc.)
• Provides on-site training to students, in consultation with employer or supervisor
• Monitors students' performance at sites
• Helps students develop site-related skills that facilitate greater student independence
• Provides daily reports of student progress at sites to the Transition Coordinator
• Consults regularly with Transition Coordinator for planning purposes
• Provides the student with opportunities to practice their site related skills in the Life Skills classroom
• Provides re-teaching, repetition, and reminders (in the classroom and sites) as needed
• Helps student reflect on their site performance, and identify ways to improve it or expand their role (as appropriate)
• Helps students expand their knowledge of the site by accessing the computer and printed materials, videos, etc. according to skill level.
• Provides students with general job seeking skills (e.g. filling out applications, mock interviews, developing a work portfolio, etc.) in the Life Skills classroom under the direction of the Transition Coordinator

QUALIFICATIONS

• previous experience with students with disabilities is preferred;
• ability to interact with secondary students and employers
• must meet or be eligible to meet NCLB requirements for paraprofessionals;
• previous experience in vocational settings is preferred
• coursework in vocational education or related field preferred.