Para AUT-Severe Level I - Special Education

Licenses and Certifications

Paraprofessional Educator certificate issued by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (PSC) is required. Education Qualifications: A High School Diploma or General Education Degree or equivalent and passing the Praxis Parapro Assessment (prior to March 1, 2007) or the GACE Parapro Assessment. In lieu of assessments, 60 semester or 90 quarter hours from a PSC approved college or university are required.

Experience Qualifications

Experience in a licensed child care environment is preferred.

Skills Qualifications

• Knowledge of child development
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of office and media equipment
• Ability to act as a representative of Gwinnett County Public Schools

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide support to the instructional program within an assigned classroom
• Supervise, care for, and instruct special needs students in the regular education classroom, special education classroom, community, and assist in implementing plans for instruction
• Maintain a safe and positive learning environment by monitoring student behavior during non-classroom time
• Administer immediate first aid and medical assistance as instructed by a health care professional
• Assist medically fragile or physically disabled students with grooming, community accessibility, and other appropriate areas as assigned
• Confer with teachers on a regular basis to assist in evaluating special education student progress and/or implementing IEP objectives
• Implement and collect data under the supervision of assigned teacher and behavioral plans designed by IEP teams
• Monitor special education students and provide instruction in a variety of individual and group activities
• Respond to emergency situations and perform crisis intervention
• Perform record keeping and support functions
• Ensure appropriate student conduct during hallways, lunchroom, restrooms, and bus duty

Physical Demands

• Stand, walk, negotiate stairs, climb ladders, reach with hands and arms, talk, and hear
• Manipulate tools and small items with hands
• Lift and transport up to 50 pounds over short distances
• Operate a motor vehicle in performance of duties
• Close vision, distance vision, and color vision
• Work in a wide range of ambient temperature and humidity conditions
• Subjected to potential hazards such as working with electricity, heat, noise-producing machinery and equipment, elevated equipment, and chemicals and solvents