Future Paraprofessional Position at Poplarville Lower Elementary

Qualifications

• Completed at least 2 years of study (48 semester hours) at an institution of higher education;
• Obtained an associate's (or higher) degree;
• Met a rigorous standard of quality as determined by a formal assessment.

Essential Functions

• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning the material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Devises special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Supervises independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make up work, as assigned by the teacher.
• Checks and records student attendance.
• Collects and records collection of money.
• Alerts the teacher to any problems or special information about an individual student.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of a fully licensed teacher.
• Provides a physical environment that is safe, orderly, hazard-free, and conducive to learning.
• Consistently implements approved disciplinary measures to allow for effective instruction and classroom management.
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Participates in in-service training programs, as assigned.
• Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the immediate supervisor may from time to time assign.
• Demonstrates a commitment to professional growth.

Policies and Procedures

• Adheres to policies and procedures established by district, school, state, and federal guidelines.
• Submits required reports efficiently, promptly, and accurately.
• Inventory classroom materials, textbooks, and equipment.