City-Wide Paraeducator (Resource), BCHS

About the role

CITY WIDE RESOURCE PARAEDUCATOR CURRENTLY LOCATED AT BCHS

Responsibilities

• Assist in small group and individual pupil instruction.
• 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 sometimes required.
• Involves work with both special education and regular students.
• Aid in the implementation of IEP.
• Supervise students while they are at recess and lunch.
• Aid teaching staff in classroom assignments.
• Copy materials for instructional purposes.
• Aid teaching staff in filing material and preparing all necessary paperwork.
• Alert teachers to problems that may be observed.
• May require supporting with toileting of students.

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).

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit, talk or hear.
• Regularly required to stand, walk, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds.
• Must be able to push items of fifty (50) pounds, such as pushing children on a bike or wheelchair or moving/rearranging furniture.

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is typical of classrooms having school children and is a standard acceptable level for this environment.
• This employee will work throughout the school building, on school grounds and occasionally off campus.

Pay

Rewarding salary range $22.12 - $25.18 (Per contractual agreement BPS Contracts)

Schedule

6.5 hours per day (7:20am to 2:20pm)