CTE Paraprofessional (Instructional)

Qualifications

• Minimum high school diploma or GED; some college preferred
• Ability to pass a pre-employment test in math and language at a 12th grade level
• Experience in the automotive field preferred
• Experience in the construction field preferred
• Experience in the electronics field preferred
• Enthusiasm for Career and Technical Education (CTE)
• Good communication skills
• Enjoy working with adolescent students
• Computer literate
• Ability to work with a variety of educational professionals
• Must be able to pass a background check and be drug free

Reports To

CTE Instructor and CTE Building Principal of Career and Technical Education

Job Goals

Assist students to be successful in their Career and Technical studies.

Responsibilities

• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher
• Monitor and teach safety in the laboratory
• Assist the instructor in the conduct of the CTE programs
• Model and teach exemplary workplace behaviors at all times
• Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities
• Guide independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher
• Alert the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student
• Maintain the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers
• Participate in in-service training programs, as assigned
• Perform other duties as requested by the principal

Evaluation

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on Evaluation of Classified Personnel.