Pre-Kindergarten Paraprofessional

About the role

To assist certified professional staff with students in the classroom to meet instructional goals and objectives, and to free certified professional employees from non-professional duties such as proctoring study halls.

Responsibilities

• Assists and guides students to reinforce reading, language arts, mathematics, computer instruction, and other skills.
• Works with students individually and in small groups to reinforce basic learning and implement assigned programs.
• Assists professional staff in the administration and correction of classroom exercises, tests and assessments.
• Affords assistance in classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs.
• Affords assistance with record-keeping procedures to document student learning and performance.
• Affords assistance with classroom behavioral management to minimize disruptions, ensure a safe and orderly classroom, and ensure students are on task.
• Affords assistance in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, corridor, study hall, and other related non-instructional areas.
• Affords assistance on field trips for the purpose of assisting with supervision.
• Constructs, copies and distributes and uses educational materials as needed.
• Affords assistance with parent contact as requested to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education.
• Affords assistance with students with special needs in all aspects of classroom instruction to maximize inclusion, learning, achievement if IEP objectives, etc.
• Affords assistance in the IEP process and serves as a resource for the student personnel evaluation team as needed.
• Affords assistance with students with physical or mental disabilities with activities of daily living for the purpose of maximizing their ability to participate in school or learning activities.
• Fulfills safety rules, procedures and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs.

Qualifications

• Completion of at least two (2) years of full-time secondary study or possession of an associate's degree or obtain a CDA certificate.
• In addition, paraprofessional must take a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours specified by PDE of continuous Professional Development each year.