SPED Paraprofessional Cold Spring Elementary

Reports to:                         Teachers/Principal 
Department:                      Paraprofessional
Works with:                       Teachers, students, parents
 
Job Summary:   The Paraprofessional provides assistance both to teachers and students in learning lesson plans.  He/she may also work in specialized programs or on an individual basis with students and/or families requiring close supervision and special assistance.  The Paraprofessional provides support, explanation, re-teaching, and discipline.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Guides and works through lesson plans with students by correcting tasks, interpreting class assignments, reinforcing as necessary, and recording and charting results as established by the Special Ed. Teacher.  Monitors tests and informal quizzes and checks understanding to assess Special Ed. students’ mastery of learned materials.
• Instructs and assists students in getting to classes and/or job sites; during meals, showers, and bathroom training; or other activities planned for the students’ day.
• Monitors behavior of students for appropriateness and need for discipline and positive reinforcement, including when an instructor is not present or when off-site.
• Recommends ideas, identifies problems or aids in problem solving to teachers and/or students.
• Assists mainstream teachers in classroom by following lesson plans and assisting in projects/assignments.  Prepares and/or assembles materials for projects, games, bulletin boards or as assigned.
• Types, utilizes computers as directed by teachers, files, and requests items needed by staff and students for classrooms, meetings, presentations or conferences.
• Assists teacher in carrying out students’ Individualized Educational Plans.
• Where identified in the Individualized Educational Plan, provides work skill training and job-coaching at the job site.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

• High School diploma or equivalent.  Associates degree in Education or related field preferred.
• Prior experience as a paraprofessional preferred.
• Experience working with students with special needs preferred.
• Knowledge of practices, methods and techniques used in classroom teaching.
• Must have understanding of classroom subject matter and teaching methods.
• Experience using office equipment and computer hardware/software.
• Ability to use standard classroom equipment and technology and learn specialized equipment and software related to student group assigned.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, parents, students and associates.

Physical Job Requirements:

• Employee is continuously required to use hands to finger, handle or feel, talk, and hear; frequently sits, stoops, kneels and/or crouches, reach with hands and arms in the performance of the job.  Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally; and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed.  The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment of the position.   The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
• The District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.

Any questions about the position caon contact Cold Spring Elementary Principal Jim Mitteness at mittenessj@rocori.k12.mn.us