Para Sped High Incidence (2026-2027 School Year)

About the role

This position assists the teacher in the education of students with cognitive, communication, social, behavioral, and/or emotional disabilities. Students may require academic and/or adaptive behavior skills instruction.

Responsibilities

• Supervises students in class setting as directed by the teacher
• Affords assistance in managing classroom routines and procedures
• Supports interventions to redirect behavior, assesses crisis situations, and intervenes to defuse situations, documents any occurrences, and provides feedback to develop positive self-esteem of student
• Affords assistance in the physical setup of the classroom for group instruction, projects, and activities
• Participates in effective teaming skills, collaboration, conflict resolution, and communication
• Provides individual and/or group instruction which may include regular education students in academic areas after initial instruction by teacher
• Affords assistance in the designing and implementation of the Individual Education Plan (IEP)
• Maintains high level of confidentiality of information regarding students and staff information and issues
• Models appropriate behavior for students
• Develops and maintains a professional rapport with classroom teacher and other staff
• Communicates with students, parents, instructional and support staff by letter, phone, e-mail, fax or personal contact as directed by the administrator or classroom teacher
• Observes and charts student behavior and assists in discipline of student as instructed by the teacher
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize and organize
• Demonstrates flexibility and responsiveness
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, PLCs and parent conferences as required
• Affords assistance with additional duties as assigned by supervisor

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required
• Paras working in a Title School must have a minimum of 48 accredited college credits verifiable with a transcript or pass a state approved assessment
• Some positions may require knowledge of various sign language modalities, Braille, NCI (Nonviolent Crisis Intervention) or other special skills
• Some positions require in service, training or course work in first aide, symptoms of child abuse, and/or symptoms and signs of illness

Qualifications

• Interacts with personnel within the district and with customers and vendors
• Works under the direct supervision of the department supervisor in order to complete day to day tasks
• Works with a diverse population requiring the ability to handle all situations with tact and diplomacy
• Understands and responds appropriately to customer needs and maintains a positive attitude with all customers and colleagues
• Interacts with all internal and external customers in a friendly, professional manner and provides quick, responsive customer service
• Reports to work dressed in a manner that reflects a positive image of USD 259 and is appropriate for their position