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.
• Helps maintain individual records for each child.
• Affords assistance in maintaining neat work and study areas.
• Affords assistance with adaptive behavior skills and personal care.
• Affords assistance with transition activities.

Qualification

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Associate Degree or higher
• Passed the ParaPRo (paraprofessional test)
• Passed the OGET (Oklahoma General Education Test)
• One year of experience in a closely related field preferred

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Basic knowledge of disabilities
• Computer literate; excellent written and oral communication ability; strong knowledge of rules, regulations, policies and laws applicable to education and special education
• Ability to follow all district policies and procedures
• Good organizational skills
• Ability to be flexible and be able to multi-task
• Ability to work independently, be a self-starter and have enthusiasm for the tasks being done
• Demonstrating strong communication skills, orally and in writing, with faculty, staff, team members, and administrators
• Ability to work without supervision, and work as a team player
• Ability to document records accurately
• Ability to manage confidential information in a manner that respects students, families, and employees
• Ability to listen effectively
• Maintain CPR, First Aid, and CPI certification
• Complete 6 hours of continuing education for paraprofessionals annually

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written and oral instructions
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, talk, or hear
• Frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, or crouch
• Frequently walk the hallways the length of the school

Work Environment

• The work environment can, at times, be very stressful but is usually calm
• There can be many interruptions in routine due to student behavior or making accommodations
• Must have own transportation to sites