Special Education Paraprofessional

Farmington School District; United States; On-site; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Farmington School District is seeking a paraprofessional to support individualized education programs at Farmington Junior High. You will assist teachers with small-group instruction and data collection to monitor student progress.

The role emphasizes behavior management support, collaboration with instructors, and facilitating in-class interventions, while maintaining safe and respectful learning environments.

Qualifications

• Requires an Associates degree, 60 college credit hours, or passing score on ParaPro Praxis.
• Ability to support IEP goals and individual student needs.
• Strong organizational and data collection skills.

Responsibilities

• Share and lead the vision to create an individualized education program for each student.
• Facilitate targeted interventions and assist in courses as required.
• Liaison between instructors and students.
• Provide individual or small group instruction.
• Assist in implementing behavior management activities.
• Perform clerical duties including data collection and entry.
• Attend conferences or meetings and complete required trainings.
• Accompany students to various campus locations and support community-based activities.

Skills

IEP support

Classroom management

Data entry

Education

Associates degree / 60 credits or ParaPro exam

Job description

FLSA: Non-Exempt

LENGTH OF CONTRACT: 178 days

Location: Farmington Junior High

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Associates degree, 60 college credit hours, or passing score on ParaPro Praxis exam or other acceptable measures.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Share and lead the vision to create an individualized education program for each student.
• Facilitate all targeted interventions and assisting in courses as required.
• Liaison between instructors and students.
• Provide individual or small group instruction.
• Assist in implementing behavior management activities.
• Perform clerical duties which may include: collection and recording of data, preparing classroom materials, and entering data into a computer program.
• Attend conferences or meetings, as deemed appropriate/necessary.
• Attend appropriate training sessions. If applicable, annually obtain a specified number of professional development hours.
• Accompany students to general education classroom, cafeteria, playground, restroom, and or other locations on the school campus.
• Participate in community based instruction activities.
• Conduct student programming assessments and/or screenings, per instrument administration guidelines/evaluator qualifications.
• Be familiar with technology and have the capacity to learn quickly. Demonstrate the willingness to learn procedures when working with students and have a solid understanding of classroom management.
• Participates in the implementation of the IEP goals for the purpose of meeting IEP goals and/or district benchmarks.
• Completes the required module trainings required by ADE for paraprofessionals
• Participates in the implementation of student behavior plans for the purpose of ensuring effective and safe student learning.
• Provides instruction, under the supervision of the teacher, to the students in a variety of individual or group activities for the purpose of reinforcing instructional objectives; implementing IEP plans, and ensuring students' success in school.
• Maintain emotional control under stress.