ABA Para-Professional - Preschool and Elementary

Job Title: ABA Para-Professional – Preschool and Elementary

Job : 346

Position Type: Support Staff/ Instructional Assistant

Date Posted: 5/7/2024

Location: District Wide

To promote the achievement of students' educational goals and learning objectives by providing assistance to the classroom teacher.

• College Degree, 60 Credits or passing grade on Paraprofessional PRAXIS Exam
• Minimum experience as determined by the Board of Education
• College/collaborative interactive style
• Ability to relate well to students
• General professionalism
• Confidentiality
• Physically able to perform duties, demonstrate sound emotional judgment and professionalism
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, parents, and school staff.
• Knowledge of diverse needs of children with disabilities and appropriate special education classroom practices.
• Required criminal history check and proof of U.S. citizenship or legal resident alien status

Building Administrator, Director, and Assistant Director of Special Services

• Assists the classroom teacher and in the delivery of an effective instructional program.
• Work with individualized students in small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills taught by the teacher.
• Performs clerical duties related to classroom activities, such as the creation of bulletin boards, organization of materials and distribution of snacks, clean-up, and housekeeping.
• Assist the teacher in implementing strategies for reinforcing learning based on an understanding of individual student needs, interests, and abilities.
• Guides students when engaged in independent activities.
• Aids the teacher in the operation and care of equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Communicate any special needs of individual students to the teacher.
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Helps students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by teacher.
• Provide escort assistance to children when necessary.
• Assist in toilet training, self-help skills, and the expansion of food repertoires.
• Assists with the supervision of students during non-instructional times; i.e. drills, assemblies, play periods and field trips.
• Participates in in-service training programs.
• Follows through on classroom behavior plans and individual student behavior plans.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Provide services that conform to district objectives, board policies, administrative directions, and state laws/regulations.
• Helps students with behavioral challenges to successfully participate in the classroom, socially and with activities.
• Performs all other tasks and assumes such other duties as designated by the Director of Special Services, Building Principal and Superintendent.

Work year and hours based on Tier level and salary as per GFT Contract.

Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with state law and provisions of the board's policy on evaluation of non-certified staff.

The Garfield Board of Education is Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

Exempt