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Position: Special Education Paraprofessional
Job Description: Special Education Paraprofessionals assist students with special needs under the direction of a certified teacher.
Paraprofessionals generally work in an inclusionary setting (i.e. least restrictive environment). The special education paraprofessional assists the special education teacher and the general education teacher with daily classroom activities to help special needs students, and provides care for special education students physical, emotional health and safety, affirming their abilities, and striving to promote dignity in all relationships.
Qualifications:
- High School Diploma required
- A willingness to work hard and maintain a positive, professional attitude and demeanor.
- A commitment to teamwork, service, leadership, and professional growth.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Cultivating their own sense of wonder through self-initiated and Academy-directed learning.
- Supporting the implementation of Individual Education Plan(s) (IEPs) in accordance with state and federal requirements.
- Modeling virtuous habits among the students through interactions and personal example.
- Consultation and collaboration with Special Education and Regular Education Teachers as well as related service staff.
- Assisting students in achieving academic success.
- Working with students who may be aggressive or disruptive in class.
- Behavior support which includes physical management (training provided upon hire).
- Personal care.
- Social integration.
- All other duties, as may be assigned per the Employee Handbook.
- The salary for this position will be in accordance with the Great Oaks Academy standard hourly rate for paraprofessionals and according to experience.
SCHOOL BACKGROUND: Great Oaks Academy is a Classical charter school built on the pillars of Rigor, Literature, Wonder and Virtue. We are committed to building a small school community with rigorous academics, an emphasis on developing virtue while encouraging students’ natural sense of wonder. We believe that great stories are powerful teaching tools, that studying history chronologically can inspire wonder and lead to virtue, and that rigor means appropriate challenges for each student.
Great Oaks Academy currently serves K-8th grade students. We will add a grade each year until we are a full K-12 Academy.
APPLICATION PROCESS: Applicants must submit the following in a single email to Ms. Ellen Grossman, Special Education Director, ellen@uptickeducation.net:
- Letter of Introduction
- Resume/curriculum vitae
- Three professional (or academic, if a recent graduate) references. Please include email address and phone number for each reference.
For more information on Classical Education:
"The Lost Tools of Learning" by Dorothy Sayers
"What is Classical Education?” by Susan Wise Bauer
