Special Education Paraprofessional – Applied Skills

Wawasee Community School Corporation; Syracuse (IN); On-site; USD 15,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Wawasee Community School Corporation seeks a Special Education Paraprofessional- Applied Skills to support teachers by working with students individually or in small groups to reinforce lessons. You will implement IEP and Behavior Plans under supervision, assist with diagnostic tests, monitor student behavior, and help with materials, record-keeping, and daily classroom duties.

This is a classified, 5.75-hour day position for 182 days per year.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Ability to plan and organize.
• Skills in human relations; communicate effectively before groups of students and parents.
• Other qualifications as deemed desirable by the School Board.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of School Trustees may find appropriate and approve.

Responsibilities

• Implement IEP and Behavior Plan under the supervision of the teacher.
• Assists the teacher with diagnostic tests when needed.
• Monitors and provides assistance to student’s behavioral needs.
• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• 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.
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and makeup work, as assigned by the teacher.
• Assists with such group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Assist the teacher with copying and laminating student materials.
• Supervise recess or lunch duties.
• Uphold the mission of WCSC.
• Alerts the regular teacher to any problems or special problems about an individual student.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Assist students with health and self-help needs, to include but not limited to feeding, toileting, positioning, and dressing.This may require operating specialized equipment.
• Attends to students’ personal needs.
• Record keeping as assigned by the teacher.
• Other duties as assigned by the building administrator.
• Attends monthly staff meetings.
• Is an active participant in staff development.

Skills

Plan and organize

Human relations

Effective communication

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Wawasee Community School Corporation seeks a Special Education Paraprofessional- Applied Skills to support teachers by working with students individually or in small groups to reinforce lessons. You will implement IEP and Behavior Plans under supervision, assist with diagnostic tests, monitor student behavior, and help with materials, record-keeping, and daily classroom duties.

This is a classified, 5.75-hour day position for 182 days per year.