Education Support Professional SpEd RISE - Fawcett

Tacoma Public Schools

Description:

Expected

Start Date:

As Soon as Possible

FTE: 0.8125

Hours per day: 6.5

Salary Level:

• PA4H $27.56 - No degree
• PA4J $28.31 - AA degree
• PA4K $28.56 - BA/BS or higher degree

Benefits: This job has the full range of benefits offered by Tacoma Public Schools.

Union/Days per year: Education Support Professional, 183 work days, 10 month

Additional Information: This position supports a 3rd grade male in a Self-Contained Classroom. Right Response training required. An additional half hour of crossing duty is available as well with this position and would be paid at the rate of $17.35 per hour.

Qualifications: This position requires completion and attainment of the state mandated General Para educator Certificate. The Para educator Certificate Program offers statewide standards-based training for all para educators/Education Support Professionals (ESP) and supports a career growth ladder for those who wish to advance as a para educator or pursue a teaching profession. Staff will be required to complete 28 hours of training on the Fundamental Course of Study (FCS) provided by the district.

The first two days of FCS training must be completed within four months of the date of hire, the second two days within six months of the date of hire, or by September 1 of the next school year. The general certificate is earned by a para educator who completes ten days (70 clock hours) of professional development training.

Examples Of Duties: This position assists a certificated teacher with instructional and personal care needs for students with a broad range of disabilities, including medically fragile, orthopedically impaired, developmental, physical, and/or behavioral. The position provides academic interventions and may include assisting students with activities of daily living.

Essential Job Functions:

• Provides instruction to students individually or in small groups in assigned learning or “center” activities per direction of teacher; may implement lesson/activity assigned by specialists; provides assistance as necessary to students with sensory or physical handicaps; promotes and monitors a safe environment conducive to the instructional process; may perform vocational training with students according to their individual needs as assigned by the teacher or specialist;
  
  may assist students with job hunting skills and job application procedures and encourages students to participate in all learning activities.
• May instruct students in self-care activities or carry out activities such as feeding, dressing and toileting; may perform diapering/toileting assistance and changing of sanitary napkins and colostomy bags, brushing teeth, inserting orthodontics and suctioning machines, tube or pump feeding; may restrain and calm students when they become self-abusive or violent toward others; monitors and protects students through seizures and other physical emergencies;
  
  performs sensory stimulation activities as assigned; uses adaptive equipment; may assist students to perform activities during adaptive physical education; may administer and log medications as assigned, as trained by the licensed school nurse or appropriate therapist.
• Supervises students during recess or lunch periods; may supervise students in locker/shower rooms and restrooms; assists students in bus loading or unloading; instructs bus drivers on proper physical and/or behavioral support of students; may transport students as needed throughout the school or building premises.
• Records student progress on data sheets, daily logs and prepares reports to assist the teacher; maintains communication with classroom teacher, program administrator and/or other school staff; may assist in assessing students; communicates with parents/guardians as assigned; maintains student records; collects and records data for the teacher on student progress toward IEP goals and objectives, behavioral plans, and grooming plans in addition to academic progress.
• May be required to adjust position of students with physical disabilities periodically throughout the day to protect skin and ensure comfort; implement occupational therapy and physical therapy as instructed…