Inclusionary Preschool Paraeducator; Special Education

Inclusionary Preschool Para educator (Special Education)

Job Description

Job Title:

Inclusionary Preschool Para educator (Special Education)

Bilingual Preferred (English/Spanish)
GRANGER SCHOOL DISTRICT

Qualifications

• High school graduation or equivalent required.
• Must pass the para educator test with a score of 455 or higher, or possess a minimum of 72 quarter college credits.
• Ability to work with children of all ages, school staff, and parents.
• Interest in working with students with disabilities.
• Prior experience preferred.
• Must successfully pass a criminal history check.
• Must complete Core Competency Training within the first year of employment.

Reports To
:
Special Education Teacher, Building Principal and/or the Director of Special Education.

Job Goal
:
To provide instructional assistance to students with disabilities.

Performance Responsibilities

• Assist in the educational and social development of students under the direction and guidance of the facilitator and classroom teachers.
• Provide support for individual students inside and outside the classroom to enable them to fully participate in activities.
• Work with other professionals, such as speech therapist, social worker, occupational and physical therapists.
• Support students with emotional or behavior concerns and assist them in developing appropriate social skills.
• Prepare materials for students as determined by the special education teacher.
• Assist in monitoring of students' daily progress.
• Provide instructional assistance to students in one-to-one small group settings, within the special education room or regular classroom setting, as assigned.
• Work with parents of students as seems appropriate by the special education teacher and the Director of Special Education.
• Provide supervisory duty to students with disabilities during non-instructional times.
• Assist in self-help skills such as toileting (e.g. diapering, catheterization) and feeding, as necessary and assigned by the special education teacher or Director of Special Education.
• Correctly position children in a safe and secure manner in adaptive equipment and effectively transfer orthopedically disabled children from wheelchairs to prone standers.
• Daily implementation and follow-up of therapy plans developed by specialists to meet communication and motor skill goals of students.
• Supervise students by enforcing safety regulations while riding the bus.
• Properly fasten in seats when required.
• See that each child is seated and stays seated.
• Other safety regulations.
• Help load and unload students requiring assistance, including wheelchair students.
• Work cooperatively with parents, staff, and students to coordinate and communicate bus schedules and other information as needed.
• Cooperate with drivers in filling out reports.
• Assist with management of children with special health problems or behavior problems, e.g., seizures, attention deficit disorders.
• Be able to perform job tasks as follows:
• Lift and carry 10-50 lbs. frequently.
• Assist with lifting over 50 lbs. frequently.
• Provide care to clients in toileting requires transferring weight skills.
• Use restraint techniques with clients when necessary.
• Be able to bend, kneel, squat, twist, turn, and extended arm use involving various weights frequently.
• Be on feet the majority of the work shift.
• Must be able to meet deadlines with severe time constraints.

Limits Of Authority
:
Reports to building principal and/or Director of Special Education.

Terms Of Employment

• LENGTH
  :
  This position is dependent on funding: 190 contract days includes 10 paid holidays, 7.0 hours per day variable to 8 hours per day, depending on needs of students.
• SCHEDULE
  :
  As assigned by the Director of Special Education and building principal.
• SALARY AND BENEFITS
  :
  As agreed by the board.
• EVALUATION
  :
  By the principal and/or the Director of Special Education on/before June 1st each year.

Revised: 5/19/2025

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