Special Education Paraprofessional

Position Summary

Hours:

30/week. Salary: $16.00.

• Have 2 years of college credits.
• Have a college degree.
• Pass the Para Pro Praxis Assessment with a score of 457 or higher, or the Idaho Paraprofessional Testing Alternative with a score of 75% or higher.

Assists special education teachers with students in the Resource Room, Extended Resource Room, Positive Behavior Intervention Program, Early Childhood Special Education Program, or Tuition Kindergarten program; performs related work as required.

The primary function of an employee in this class is to provide assistance to special education teachers in the Resource Room, Extended Resource Room, Positive Behavior Intervention Program, Early Childhood Special Education program or Tuition Kindergarten program, assisting in the implementation of students’ Individual Education Plans (IEPs). The paraprofessional works with students with a variety of mild to severe physical, emotional, and learning disabilities and may work with an individual student or groups of students, both in a separate classroom facility or facilitating inclusion into a regular classroom.

The position is directly supervised by the assigned Special Education Teacher with overall supervision by the building Principal. The primary duties of the position are performed in a classroom environment and may include exposure to body fluids and some personal injury risk from student behaviors.

• Provides assistance to special education teachers in the special education program.
• Assists teachers in implementing students’ Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
• Assists teachers by preparing lesson plans and preparing, modifying, and adapting materials and presentations used in the classroom.
• Assists teachers in administering diagnostic, skills, and level testing.
• Assists students with classroom and homework assignments, tutoring, or other supplementary instruction.
• Assists students with socialization, personal hygiene, medications, physical therapy, nutritional, and related personal tasks as needed.
• Assists students individually and/or in a group situation, both in a separate classroom learning facility or by facilitating inclusion into regular classrooms.
• Assists regular classroom teachers by preparing, modifying, and adapting classroom presentations and materials to assigned students.
• Assists teachers with classroom activities, classroom management, lesson plans, grading papers, clerical and record-keeping duties, creating and updating reports and files, and other documentation, as directed.
• Performs substitute teacher duties in the absence of the teacher.
• Assists teachers with clerical duties including copying, inputting records and data into a computer, faxing, text and document preparation, and related duties.
• Assists in maintaining the classroom in a clean, neat, and orderly status, prepares bulletin boards and displays, and maintains classroom supply levels.
• Assists with student supervision on field trips and related extracurricular activities.
• Performs school grounds, bus, noon, and other monitoring and safety duties, as assigned.
• Participates in training, workshop, and in-service programs.
• Performs other related duties as required.
• Performs all work duties and activities in accordance with District policies, procedures, and safety practices.

• Basic educational procedures and objectives, including classroom instruction and presentation, preparation of teaching materials and aids, behavior management and modification, testing and grading, tutoring, and student‑teacher relations and interactions.
• Basic special education methods and procedures for dealing with students with mild to severe physical, emotional, and/or learning disabilities.
• Operation of classroom instructional equipment.
• Operation of standard office equipment.
• Operation of a personal computer and job‑related software.

• Follow written and oral instructions and observe District policies and procedures.
• Interpret and modify classroom instructions, materials, and presentations to the appropriate learning level of the assigned student.
• Prepare and…