Special Education Paraprofessional - One on One

About the role

Assist the teacher in working with an individual student to achieve learning objectives as devised by the teacher, provide for the physical and/or medically related needs of the student, and, as directed, perform a wide variety of tasks, following standard practices and procedures and complying with administrative requirements.

Responsibilities

• Assist the student in performing activities that have been determined by the teacher.
• Work with an individual student to reinforce basic learning and implement assigned programs.
• Assist with student assessment.
• Observe learning difficulties and report such matters to the teacher.
• Assist in development of receptive and expressive language.
• Adequately learn to use sign language for selected hearing impaired or non-verbal students.
• Assist the teacher in charting behavior.
• Assist the teacher in behavior management strategies.
• Assists with record-keeping procedures to document student learning and performance.
• Assist the individual student with cutting and pasting.
• Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing instructional materials and skills according to individual student needs.
• Observe the student and notify teacher if adaptive positioning equipment is required.
• Encourage and reinforce positive behavior.
• Accompany the student in art and music activities and assist when needed.
• Assist in the supervision of the student during playtime/recess and while the teacher is out of the room or working at his/her desk.
• Constructs, copies, distributes and uses educational materials as needed.
• Ready art materials and assist in art projects.
• Learn to use visual-aid equipment for sight impaired students.
• Operate media equipment and computer as needed.
• In absence of teacher, provide orientation and extra help to substitute teacher.
• Assist with collaboration of all students in the building.
• Advise substitute teacher or proper authority regarding time to administer prescribed medication.
• Accompany and assist students to and from the classrooms, library, school office, gymnasium, or lunchroom.
• Accompanies students on field trips for the purpose of assisting with supervision.
• Promote independence.
• Orientation mobility to school building and grounds.
• Promote self-care in bathroom, lunchroom, gymnasium, and all areas outside as well as inside the classroom.
• Assist the student in moving about classroom (lock braces, help onto crutches, store crutches, push wheelchair, etc.).
• Follows all applicable safety rules, procedures and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs.
• Participate in in-service training programs, as assigned and/or required.
• Abide by the Mansfield City Board of Education policies and regulations.
• Perform other reasonably related duties as may be assigned by the Director of Special Education, the Building Principal, and/or other administrator.

Skills

• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and perform arithmetic operations as needed to assist students.
• Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel).
• Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and