Special Education Instructional Aide/Paraprofessional

TITLE:            Instructional Aide/Paraprofessional

QUALIFICATIONS:    

1. Hold at least a High School diploma or its equivalent.
2. Ability to work with students, parents, and the community.
3. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
4. Pass the Para Pro exam or have educational equivalency

REPORTS TO:  Classroom Teacher, Special Education Director, Building Principal

SUPERVISES:   Students which could include Special Education and English Language Learners students depending on the assignment. 

JOB GOAL:   To assist the classroom teacher to achieve teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
2. Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
3. Guides independent study and remedial work which is set up and assigned by the teacher.
4. Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work, as assigned by the teacher.
5. Assists with group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
6. Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular classroom teacher.
7. Communicate effectively with administrators, teachers, and all staff members.
8. Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
9. Participates in in-service training programs, as assigned.
10. Administers, scores, and records such achievements and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students.
11. Assist with other various duties which are essential in the routine operation of the classroom/school, which are assigned.
12. Works with students focusing on a variety of school subjects in both General Education and Special Education settings as requested by administration.
13. May be assigned to work with students of various grade levels including prekindergarten through fifth grades.
14. May be assigned to work at either Camden Early Childhood Center, Delphi Community Elementary School, Delphi Community Middle School, or Delphi Community High School depending on the position assignment.
15. Helps to create and maintain a positive workplace environment and culture of collaboration.
16. Report any and all injuries to the immediate supervisor, filling out the appropriate forms.
17. Report any and all hazardous situations/areas which are considered to be unsafe to the immediate supervisor, filling out necessary forms.
18. Conform to all rules and regulations of the school and comply with all federal, state, and local laws relating directly or indirectly to the employee’s duties.
19. Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the Teacher/Building Principal may assign..

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:  
184 days/5.75 - 6.75 hours
Pay Rate:  $13.00/Hourly