Elementary Para Educator

Nodaway Valley CSD is located in beautiful SW Iowa and has openings for Para Educators in their elementary building. If interested please apply online or email James Larson, elementary principal jlarson@nodawayvalley.org

The Nodaway Valley Community School District is an EEO/AA employer

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Accompany special needs students to classes, lunch, and on extensive community-based outside trips to work on daily living, career, and leisure skills.

2. Provide instructional assistance to students in subjects when needed.

3. Provide assistance in classes such as arts, music, PE, library, guidance.

4. Administer physical and/or occupational therapy programs, where appropriate, when trained by classroom and/or education agency therapists.

5. Assist with mobility needs such as repositioning, loading and unloading onto the bus, as well as transporting students around the school.

6. Assist students with self-care needs when appropriate.

7. Attend district seminars and classes as well as professional training.

8. Maintain a reliable attendance record.

9. Maintain confidentiality.

10. Assist with programs the teacher has created for educational purposes.

11. Report incidents of an unusual nature to teacher and principal. 

12. Perform clerical tasks such as making phone calls, filing, and maintaining student records.

13. Maintain student work areas in a neat and orderly manner.

14. Knowledge of emergency procedures for building and classroom.

15. Other duties as assigned.

The Nodaway Valley Community School District is an EEO/AA employer