Early Childhood Severe Needs Para Educator - Walnut Hills Community Elementary School

About the role

The Severe Needs Para Educator assists students with severe special education needs under the guidance of licensed special education staff. Duties include adapting the curriculum, implementing programming, generalizing skills, and managing behavior.

Responsibilities

• Assist students with classroom activities, including adapting the curriculum to individual student needs. Implement student accommodations, supports, modifications, procedures, and programming outlined in the student's IEP. Maintain records of student progress and behavior.
• Prepare materials, administer tests, monitor students, and assist with paperwork and documentation. Assist with other classroom events, such as fire drills.
• Maintain a clean and hygienic work environment where appropriate. Provide technical physical care for students, including toileting, grooming, cleaning ventilation devices, feeding, care of gastrostomy tube (G-tube), positioning, and improving range of motion.
• Monitor students and reinforce appropriate behavior for individual student needs. Assist in verbal de-escalation and non-violent crisis interventions to reduce the risk of self-harm and harm to others. Assist student development of social interactions or communication between students with special needs and general education peers.
• Prepare assignments for students to complete at home and support students in completing assigned work. Maintain records of student progress and behavior. Support students in troubleshooting technology issues.
• Support small groups of students or individuals with online classroom activities, including curriculum accommodations or modifications. Develop student language, vocabulary, reading, and writing using sign language for students who need a signing para-educator.

Requirements

• No professional work experience required.
• Title I assignments must meet one of the following requirements: Completed at least two years of study at an institution of higher education; obtained an associate’s or higher degree; met a rigorous standard of quality, and can demonstrate through a formal state or local academic assessment, knowledge of and the ability to assist in instructing, as appropriate: Reading/language arts, writing, and mathematics; or Reading readiness, writing readiness, and mathematics readiness.
• Mandatory biennial Crisis Prevention Intervention training provided by the District for staff working in an Autism, Behaviorally Disordered, or ILC assignment.
• Medication administration training provided by the District as needed.
• Basic knowledge of typical office equipment such as telephones, copiers, fax machines, email, etc.
• Intermediate verbal and written communication skills.
• Intermediate interpersonal relations skills.
• Intermediate organizational skills.
• Ability to work alone and with others.
• Ability to appropriately modify curriculum.
• Ability to implement behavior modification techniques.
• Ability to diffuse and manage volatile and stressful situations.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the job.
• Ability to work one-on-one and in small groups with students.
• If working in the DHH Program, ability to understand the impacts of hearing loss on learning and social interaction.
• If working in the Homebound program, ability to set appropriate boundaries and build appropriate relationships while working in the home setting with families and other student healthcare providers.
• If working in the Homebound program, the ability to have appropriate communication and boundaries with families while working in their homes with students.

Qualifications

• High School Equivalency (HSE) diploma.
• Mandatory biennial Crisis Prevention Intervention training provided by the District for staff working in an Autism, Behaviorally Disordered, or ILC assignment.
• CPR and First Aid certification.

Skills

• Ability to work alone and with others.
• Ability to appropriately modify curriculum.
• Ability to implement behavior modification techniques.
• Ability to diffuse and manage volatile and stressful situations.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the job.
• Ability to work one-on-one and in small groups with students.
• If working in the DHH Program, ability to understand the impacts of hearing loss on learning and social interaction.
• If working in the Homebound program, ability to set appropriate boundaries and build appropriate relationships while working in the home setting with families and other student healthcare providers.
• If working in the Homebound program, the ability to have appropriate communication and boundaries with families while working in their homes with students.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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