1:1 Paraeducator, Currently at Edgewood

Summary

Assist in small group and individual pupil instruction.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist students with instruction under the direction of the special education teacher
• Assist teacher in maintaining discipline
• Assist teacher with instructional activities
• Escort students from room to room
• Toileting students is required
• Involves work with both special education and regular students
• Assist teaching staff in the implementation of IEP
• Supervise students while they are at recess and lunch
• Assist students with classroom assignments
• Copy materials for instructional purposes
• Assist teacher in filing material and preparing all necessary paperwork
• Alert teachers to problems that may be observed

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree
• Two years of college credit OR hold an associate's (or higher) degree; OR successful completion of a paraprofessional assessment which assesses content knowledge in mathematics, reading and writing and an understanding of how to assist in the instruction of these topics (Parapro Assessment)
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos
• Ability to write simple correspondence
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance
• Basic knowledge and experience with job related computer hardware and software applications
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the community
• Ability to perform duties with awareness of district requirements and Board of Education policies

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit, and talk or hear
• Regularly required to stand, walk, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl
• Must be able to push items of fifty (50) pounds, such as pushing children on a bike or wheelchair or moving/rearranging furniture
• Must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds; when doing heavier lifting, should do so with assistance
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision and peripheral vision

Work Environment

• Noise level is typical of classrooms having school children and is a standard acceptable level for this environment
• Will work throughout the school building, on school grounds and occasionally off campus
• Responsible for the safety and well being of students in his/her charge

Pay

Range $22.12-$25.18 BPS contracts

Schedule

6.5 hours per day (8:00am to 2:30pm)