Paraprofessional - Tier II

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provides support to a child with a disability in the classroom, other educational settings, or in community-based educational settings.
• Affords assistance to teachers or other related service personnel in implementing the Individualized Education Program (IEP).
• Affords assistance in the personal care of the child (i.e. toileting, diaper changes, personal hygiene, restroom care, tube feedings, and catheterizations) and participates in specific trainings related to each medical procedure, as the need arises.
• Ensures safety of the child.
• Offers support necessary because of physical, health, or behavioral concerns to enable a child to access educational programs.
• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Affords assistance in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Affords supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Conducts learning exercises and assists with small and large group activities.
• Participates in daily and long-range lesson and classroom activity planning.
• Alerts the teacher to special needs of individual children.
• Provides escort and assistance to children as necessary.
• Affords maintenance of individual records for each child.
• Affords assistance in maintaining neat work and study areas.
• Affords assistance in developing adaptive behavior skills and personal care for students.
• Affords assistance in transition activities.

QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Associate Degree or higher OR 48 hours of college credit OR passed the ParaPRo (paraprofessional test) OR passed the OGET (Oklahoma General Education Test) OR passed the WorkKey.
• One year of experience in a closely related field preferred.