Special Education paraprofessional - substitute

SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONAL Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Assist students within the school setting—behaviorally, emotionally and academically.
• Provide supervision to students in nonacademic settings.
• Actively supervise during lunch, recess, bussing.
• Enforce school-wide expectations using PBIS, TBRI, or Pyramid model.
• Be available to assist special education staff with tasks related to students when not with students (planning, activity preparation, etc.).

• Assist with modifications to the general education curriculum.
• Assist students with assignments and activities as provided by the general and/or special education teacher.
• Provide assistance and targeted intervention as needed, without distraction.
• Refer to supplied IEPs, BIPs, and 504s to best assist students and understand their needs.
• Communicate with classroom teachers, special education teachers, and other paraprofessionals about the specifics of the students you are working with.

• Assist with toileting when needed.
• Assist in dressing when needed.
• Ensure student safety.

• Physically assist students with a variety of tasks including walking, physical participation in a variety of environments, loading and unloading from bus or vehicle, etc.
• Physically prevent or prompt students when needed.
• Assist students during meal time (opening lunchbox, packages, refilling water, sometimes as specific as cutting food items and helping students use silverware).
• Assist in variety of personal hygiene responsibilities (cleaning face, washing hands, nose blowing).
• Full assistance in the restroom including accompanying students fully into the stall or nurse bathroom, changing soiled undergarments/pull-ups/diapers, cleaning of sanitary areas when needed, communicating with supervisor when bathroom materials need to be restocked by family, etc.
• Learn how to use and facilitate student use of assistive tech communication devices.
• Collaborate with case managers and related services frequently and effectively to ensure proper and effective instruction is consistently occurring.
• Encourage or aid in peer interactions.
• Provide empathy and assist students who may display screaming, crying, and/or aggressive actions; assist in management and/or minimizing disruptive behavior.
• Participate in training or professional development to better serve students.
• Shall assume any other duties as may from time to time be delegated by immediate Supervisor; the Supervisor shall make any adjustments in the scope of responsibilities as outlined above which will be in the best interest of the school district.

• Paraprofessional license.

Hourly rate: $16.15

Substitute positions do not include benefits.