Paraprofessional - Sped SSCD Para
On-siteMetairie, Louisiana, United States
Job Summary
Assist in the delivery of special education and related services under teacher supervision by reinforcing skills with individual or small groups of students. Provide instructional leadership when working with substitute teachers and implement techniques to meet individual differences, such as rewriting reading materials. Support health maintenance for medically fragile students, including physical restraints and non-complex healthcare procedures after proper training. Manage non-instructional duties like organizing classrooms, collecting monies, taking attendance, and maintaining discipline standards. Work in home-based schools, classrooms, and community settings, often on field trips, while monitoring students 100% of the time. Complete required paraprofessional training and specified training for chronically ill or terminally ill students as required by assignment.
Required Qualifications
- An Associate Degree
- Forty-eight (48) hours of approved college courses
- Pass ParaPro Praxis
- high school diploma and/or equivalency
- Eighteen (18) years of age or older
- Must be physically capable of implementing health maintenance services for the medically fragile, chronically ill, and/or terminally ill special education student
- Must complete paraprofessional training and specified training for the chronically ill, and/or terminally ill special education student as required by assignment
- Must demonstrate ability to work successfully with medically fragile, chronically ill, terminally ill, and/or severe student behavior problems
- Must have the ability to lift, move and position students
- Must have the ability to be mobile in the school and community environment at all times
- Must be able to go on walking field trips or other educational activities into the community requiring walking
- Must be able to position oneself on the floor to execute activities and tasks as needed by the student as well as to diaper, clothe and assist children on and off the toilet and ability to perform non-complex healthcare procedures
- Must understand written and verbal instructions from the master teacher
- Must have the ability to work independently after instructions are given
- Must exhibit ability to make a decision in the teacher's absence
- Must be able to interact positively and be emphatic to students and parents
- Must be able to respond positively to supervision and to accept suggestions for improvement
- Must have the ability to work in group settings with both adults and children
- Be able to express ideas clearly
- Must be able to describe student behaviors
- Must have the ability to express ideas in writing using standard English
- Must have the ability to use behavioral data sheets upon teacher's instruction
Desired Qualifications
- Previous experience working with children
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