Paraprofessional

Special Needs Assistant

Reports To:

Principal, Assistant Superintendent, Local Superintendent

Employment Status:
Full Time/Part Time

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Qualifications:

• Valid driver's license
• High school graduate
• Appropriate State of Ohio certification
• Experience in working with students with special needs
• Demonstrates a sincere desire to aid all students
• Good health, high moral character, and good attendance record
• Meet Highly Qualified Para-Professional Requirements as required
• Must be able to lift up to 50#

General Description:

Directly works with student(s) in an ongoing program with direction and assistance from the teacher relating to the individualized program/plan of student(s) assigned.

Essential Functions:

• Complete any/all records as required by building administrator, teacher.
• Assist student(s) with routine tasks, read to students, and conduct activities that maintain previous instruction.
• Help student(s) move from one activity to another in and out of the classroom.
• Promote good social relationships between students, assist students in resolving their misunderstandings with one another.
• Respond to students in kind, fair and interested manner, avoid making public comparisons of students.
• Explain school rules and policies to students.
• Talk quietly to students that may at times be unruly and upset.

Additional

Working Conditions:

• Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue.
• Occasional operation of a vehicle under inclement weather conditions.
• Occasional interaction among unruly children.

Other

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings;
• Help instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values; and
• Perform other duties related to the teacher's duties as assigned by the principal or local superintendent of schools.