Student Services; ESS Paraprofessional- Blue Ridge

Exceptional Student Services (ESS) Paraprofessional
- Blue Ridge

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The Exceptional Student Services Paraprofessional will implement general curriculum instruction for a classroom of students, at the direction of a certified teacher. The ESS Paraprofessional will support the management of IEP-driven supports and services for a classroom of students, while establishing a positive learning environment and promoting maximum student independence in all assigned tasks.

• Supports the implementation of specially designed general curriculum content in reading, language arts, math, science, and social studies, at the direction of a certified teacher.
• Collaborate with teachers, administrators, support staff, and parents to support student progress.
• Completes special education documentation and classroom record-keeping according to DPS local procedures.
• Pursues professional learning opportunities to build professional expertise.
• Maintains confidentiality regarding students with disabilities.
• Helps with students' personal hygiene needs, including changing and managing braces or other supportive devices.
• Assists with positioning students in and out of adaptive equipment (e.g., wheelchairs, standers) under the guidance of a physical therapist.
• Support the student with safe transitions in and out of their wheelchair.
• Follow the student’s scheduled bathroom breaks and adhere to all bathroom and diaper-changing procedures.
• Perform daily stretching routines as outlined in the student’s plan.
• Follow daily stander training protocols, including lifting, positioning, monitoring, and documenting time in the stander.
• Supports students during meals by cutting food, opening containers.
• Facilitates safe, appropriate participation at recess with peers and playground equipment.
• Assists the school nurse in providing breathing treatments or other health-related tasks as directed.
• Assist the teacher, classroom staff, and students during all instructional and classroom activities.
• Provide motivation, positive reinforcement, and redirection to help the student complete assigned tasks.
• Assist with dismissal procedures, including waiting with the student in the lobby and helping load them onto the bus.
• Strong technical and computer skills are preferred.

Associates degree or higher; or at least sixty (60) semester credit hours from an accredited institution of higher education; official transcript required to validate education; ability to effectively attend to the needs of middle school aged students/small groups in the classroom under the direction of a classroom teacher and school administration.

Review of applications and interviews will be scheduled as applications are received and a selection of a candidate will occur as soon as possible.

This position works 186 days.