PreK Paraprofessional

About the role

The Para-Educator position is aimed at assisting students in both regular and resource rooms, ensuring their educational needs are met. This role requires a strong commitment to regular attendance and the ability to perform various tasks effectively.

Responsibilities

• Aid students in classroom activities
• Correct papers and record grades
• Supervise at lunch, activity periods, and on playground
• Run copies, laminate, and assemble items for teachers
• Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers
• Prepare lesson materials, bulletin board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations
• Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers
• Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups
• Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums
• Conduct demonstrations to teach such skills as sports, dancing, and handicrafts
• Distribute teaching materials such as textbooks, workbooks, papers, and pencils
• Distribute tests and homework assignments, and collect them when completed
• Enforce administration policies and rules governing students
• Grade homework and tests, and compute and record results

Requirements

• First aid knowledge
• Maintain confidentiality
• Communicate with supervisors and peers
• Update and use relevant knowledge
• Think creatively
• Interpret the meaning of information for others

Qualifications

• Oral expression
• Written expression
• Speech clarity
• Written comprehension
• Near vision
• Auditory attention
• Problem sensitivity
• Patience

Skills

• Ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking and writing
• Ability to listen and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences
• Ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds
• Ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to adapt materials/equipment as specified for particular students
• Ability to implement behavior management techniques
• Ability to adhere to confidentiality requirements

Benefits

• At-will employment
• Salary and work year to be established by the Board of Education

Pay

Salary and work year to be established by the Board of Education.

Schedule

Employment with the School District is not for a set period of time (follows teacher annual contract dates), and either party may terminate this agreement, with or without cause, and with or without two weeks' notice.