Bellwood Sped Paraprofessional

About the role

The essential functions of the Para-Educator position include regular, dependable attendance on the job, performing the identified tasks and utilizing the identified knowledge, skills, and abilities, and performing the identified work activities. Reports to the Building Principal.

Responsibilities

• Assist students in the regular classroom.
• Assist students in the resource room.
• First aid knowledge.
• Train and teach students - Identify the educational needs and teach or instruct.
• Observe, receive, and otherwise obtain information from all relevant sources.
• Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others.
• Maintain confidentiality - maintain a positive relationship with students refraining from discussion of student matters outside the school setting.
• Provide information to supervisors and co-workers by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• Develop new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Keep up-to-date technically and apply new knowledge to your job.
• Translate or explain what information means and how it can be used.
• Enforce administration policies and rules governing students.
• Grade homework and tests, and compute and record results, using answer sheets or electronic marking devices.

Required Employee Characteristics

• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Near Vision - The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Auditory Attention - The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Patience.

Special Education Specific Duties

• Assist special and regular education students during classroom activities, lunch, physical education periods, recess and various other activities as directed.
• Aid in meeting the IEP goals of students.
• Participate in IEP meetings and parent conferences as requested.
• Assist with maintaining IEP records and files; contact parents as directed or required.
• Provide instructional assistance to individuals or groups of special education students in a special class or when mainstreamed into regular classrooms.
• Assist with services of prescribed programs including those written by related service providers such as PT, OT, and speech.
• Participate in staff meetings, special training, and in-service training programs as assigned.
• Adapt materials/equipment as specified for particular students.
• Assist or respond to specific health needs of a child, (for example: unclogging trachea, knowing what to do if trachea comes out) and knowing the health plan designed for the child.
• Implement behavior management techniques in accordance with the directives given by the supervision teacher (reinforcing behaviors in accordance with the teacher's plan, supervising, time out, etc.).
• Strictly adhere to confidentiality requirements regarding all matters pertaining to students, parents, parent communication, and/or classroom activities.

Early Childhood Duties

• Aid in the development of independent skills through self-care activities, such as toileting, clothing routines, and personal hygiene (includes the possibility of toilet training, diaper changes, etc.).

Secondary or Transition Students Duties

• Assist with job coaching at community sites as well as with transportation to and from job sites.
• Aid special education students in vocational training programs.
• Accompany/transport students on community experience/field trips.

Library/Media Duties

• Check books in and out.
• Aid students and teachers in locating books (as needed).
• Repair books.
• Reshelf books and keep shelves in an orderly manner.
• Process new books and magazines as needed.
• Read to students (as assigned).
• Put up/take down holiday decorations.
• Pass out overdue notices.
• Check technology and dust.