High School Sped Paraprofessional
About the role
The Para-Educator position at David City High School's Sped Program assists students in regular and resource rooms, trains and teaches students, and maintains confidentiality.
Responsibilities
- Aid students in classroom activities
- Correct papers and record grades
- Supervise at lunch, activity periods, and on playground
- Run copies, laminate, and assemble items for teachers
- Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers
- Prepare lesson materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations
- Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers
- Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups
- Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips
- Conduct demonstrations to teach such skills as sports, dancing, and handicrafts
- Distribute teaching materials such as textbooks, workbooks, papers, and pencils to students
- Distribute tests and homework assignments, and collect them when completed
- Enforce administration policies and rules governing students
- Grade homework and tests, and compute and record results
Requirements
- First aid knowledge
- Maintain confidentiality
- Communicate with supervisors and peers
- Update and use relevant knowledge
- Interpret the meaning of information for others
- Consistent and dependable attendance
Qualifications
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Speech Clarity
- Written Comprehension
- Near Vision
- Auditory Attention
- Problem Sensitivity
- Patience
Skills
- Ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking and writing
- Ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
- Ability to develop, design, or create new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products
- Ability to enforce administration policies and rules governing students
- Ability to grade homework and tests, and compute and record results
- Ability to assist special and regular education students during classroom activities
- Ability to assist with meeting the IEP goals of students
- Ability to participate in IEP meetings and parent conferences
- Ability to assist with maintaining IEP records and files
- Ability to provide instructional assistance to individuals or groups of special education students
- Ability to assist with services of prescribed programs
- Ability to adapt materials/equipment as specified for particular students
- Ability to assist or respond to specific health needs of a child
- Ability to implement behavior management techniques
- Ability to adhere to confidentiality requirements
- Ability to assist with job coaching at community sites
- Ability to assist special education students in vocational training programs
- Ability to accompany/transport students on community experience/field trips
- Ability to check books in and out
- Ability to assist students and teachers in locating books
- Ability to repair books
- Ability to reshelf books and keep shelves in an orderly manner
- Ability to process new books and magazines as needed
- Ability to read to students
- Ability to put up/take down holiday decorations
- Ability to pass out overdue notices
- Ability to check technology and dust
Benefits
Salary and work year to be established by the Board of Education.
Pay
Salary and work year to be established by the Board of Education.
Schedule
Salary and work year to be established by the Board of Education.
At-Will Employment
Employment with the School District is not for a set period of time (follows teacher annual contract dates), and either party may terminate this agreement, with or without cause, and with or with two weeks' notice. Employment with the School District is not governed by any express or implied contract of employment containing terms different from or inconsistent with those stated in this employment agreement. The terms of this employment agreement may not be modified except in a writing signed by the Superintendent of Schools.
Terms of Employment
The terms of this employment agreement may not be modified except in a writing signed by the Superintendent of Schools.