Paraprofessional III - Special Education

Paraprofessional III-Special Education-Severely Handicapped

INTERNAL EMPLOYEES SEND IN YOUR LETTER OF INTEREST / QUALIFICATIONS BY 6/16/2026 BASIC FUNCTION:
Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, to assist a Teacher, Specialist or Therapist in providing academic, therapeutic, medical and social instruction and assistance to individuals or small groups of students who have been placed in the district's SEAS program (Social Emotional Academic Support). Monitor and report student progress regarding behavior and performance; assist student in developing academic skills as well as various self-help skills, including emotional self-regulation and behavior compliance, hygiene, social, community, vocational, and leisure/recreational skills

FALLBROOK UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT CLASSIFIED

JOB DESCRIPTION:

PARAPROFESSIONAL III-SPECIAL EDUCATION-SEVERELY HANDICAPPED (Part-Time and/or Full-Time) BASIC FUNCTION:
Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, to assist a Teacher, Specialist or Therapist in providing academic, therapeutic, medical and social instruction and assistance to individuals or small groups of severely handicapped students, including autistic, multi-handicapped, blind, deaf, and orthopedically impaired, and other health impaired students; monitor and report student progress regarding behavior and performance; implement highly structured Behavior Intervention Plans;

provide for or assist students in developing various self-help skills, including hygiene, eating, social, community, vocational, and leisure/recreational skills, and the use of school transportation or public transportation. ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AS DIRECTED BY THE TEACHER ASSIGNED—DUTIES MAY INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:

• Provide academic, therapeutic, medical and social instructional assistance to individuals or small groups of students whose needs are severe enough to warrant placement in a nonpublic school or nonpublic alternative classroom. Assist students during classroom activities, lunch, physical education periods, and various other activities as directed; model and assist in tutoring students in appropriate social and academic behavior; assist in integrating special education students into the regular education population, or into the community.
• Assist students in developing food purchasing and preparation skills; prepare lunch to meet student's individual eating needs as needed; feed students unable to self-feed; dispense medication as instructed by a licensed nurse; wash and clean eating areas, plates and utensils. Provide sustenance through the use of a gastric feeding tube when given necessary training.
• Assist student in developing independent travel skills without direct physical supervision of certificated personnel, such as walking safely to destination on or off campus and complying with traffic signals; getting off or on a bus or in and out of a car safely; tolerating and using safety equipment such as a seat belt; riding on a school bus or school van or public transportation.
• Assist students with personal hygiene and in developing self-help grooming skills as appropriate such as dressing and undressing, eating, washing, oral care and toileting; assist in changing diapers or menstrual products, or use of urinal as needed; assist students with medication according to established guidelines and procedures. Provide catheterization as needed after receiving proper training. Must be prepared to use protective equipment and risk exposure to bodily fluids.
• Assist instructor in assessing student ability and progress; provide input into the development of individual lesson plans and goals; provide information and discuss student daily activities, progress, academic needs and needed course of instruction; discuss student needs with supervising teacher or administrators.
• Place students in standers, on wedges and in wheelchairs; position students in splints, body jackets, braces, sideliners and adapted p.e. equipment as appropriate; assist in student positioning as necessary. In an emergency situation, may be asked to perform suctioning and oral stimulation as needed; perform suctioning, and tube…