Elementary Paraprofessional

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Work with teachers in team teaching, team planning, and daily routines.
• Provide group instruction to assigned children.
• Understand, support, and assist in implementing and communicating the curriculum with the children and their parents.
• Aid in preparing and setting up daily materials.
• Cooperate with parents and other classroom/school volunteers and staff.
• Participate on program planning committees and parent involvement activities.
• Attend orientation and professional development sessions and serve as group leader when needed.
• Implement individual and group activities to stimulate growth as outlined in the IEP.
• Instruct children in practice of daily living skills as appropriate.
• Remain with student for support during all times outside of the Special Education classroom as assigned.
• Provide short-term classroom coverage when teacher must leave the room but remains within the building.
• Must provide personal care for student (i.e. diaper changing, toileting, feeding,) as appropriate.
• Lift and transfer students as needed.
• Implement the use of technology to enhance student achievement.
• Use of ASL skills required for DHH assignments.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

• Sixty (60) college credit hours.
• Associate's degree or higher.
• Missouri ParaPro Assessment passing score (before September 23, 2013).
• Missouri Paraprofessional Assessment passing score (September 23, 2013 and after).
• Completed Missouri's 20-hour online substitute training program.

Preferred Qualifications

• Three (3) years successful experience working with children and their parents.
• Course work in childhood education.
• Missouri state substitute teacher certification.

Physical Demands

• Sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers;
• Bend, stoop, lift objects/children of at least forty pounds;
• Use stairs;
• Move quickly from one space to another;
• Spend extended time outdoors in a variety of weather conditions;
• Visual ability requires mono and color vision.

Terms Of Employment

• Length of work year: 7 hours per day; 5 days/week; 212 days
• Benefits: Health and Dental Insurance are provided. KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan – mandatory 9% contribution is required from employee and matched by KCPS; Voluntary retirement savings plans are also available.