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2026-27 Tier 2 Para for Deaf Education Classroom

Mid-Del Schools · Oklahoma City, OK · 1 mo ago
EducationFull-time

Position Summary

A paraprofessional works to assist a teacher throughout their daily classroom activities. Some of the duties include helping schedule and implement programs in accordance with the curriculum as well as general classroom and clerical duties such as maintaining a clean and safe environment or printing and preparing educational material.

Qualification Requirements

  • Have obtained an associate's degree (or higher); or have taken and passed the WorkKeys test, Parapro Test, the Oklahoma General Education Test, or completed 48 hours of collegiate studies at an accredited university.
  • This is a required component for employment.
  • Complete Paraprofessional training within 120 days of employment;
  • Required ASL experience and/or skills preferred.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

  • Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings to develop appropriate individual educational programs (IEP).
  • Assist students with daily tasks as directed by the teacher.
  • Assists teachers with conducting lessons, managing the classroom and developing materials.
  • Track student progress during the school year and create reports to let parents understand what their children are learning.
  • Communicates with educational and related services staff, and other professionals concerned with the student’s educational progress.
  • Work with small group activities.
  • Aid students with appropriate behavior.
  • Aid teachers in providing activities that serve to enhance the student’s quality of life (showering, diaper changing, etc.).
  • Aid the teacher with the implementation of individualized educational programs.
  • Additional duties that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Language And Grammar Skills

  • Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
  • Ability to compose and write grammatically correct correspondence and memos.

Reasoning Ability

  • Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
  • Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, schedule form, or blueprint form.

Physical Demands

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
  • The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • The employee is occasionally required to sit.
  • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up or more than 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to or more than 50 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to fume or airborne particles.
  • The employee frequently works in high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions.
  • The employee frequently works near moving mechanical parts, extreme cold (including outdoors), extreme heat (including direct sunlight), risk of electrical shock and vibration.
  • The noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud.

Disclaimer

Please note that job descriptions are not intended, and should not be construed, to be exhaustive lists of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with a job. They are intended to be accurate reflections of those principal job elements essential for making fair hiring and pay decisions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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