SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA EDUCATOR - 6 HRS
$31,054–$39,374 year
On-site · Blue Grass, Iowa, United States
Job Summary
Special Education PARA Educator for 6 hours per day in Davenport district. Provides research-based social skills instruction and interventions under the supervision of a certified teacher, supports students with disabilities across general and special education settings, accompanies students to and from buses and field sites, assists with data collection, behavior interventions, and daily living skills, participates in MTSS, and attends required trainings/meetings. Requires strong interpersonal skills, ability to follow directives, managing busy classroom environments, and willingness to adapt to changing assignments; Medicaid background checks and potential physical restraint training may be required.
Required Qualifications
- Must be willing to attend any additional required evening training or meetings during the school year or during the summer
- Must be willing to accept feedback from specialists and special education facilitators regarding implementation and use feedback to implement changes in instruction
- Must be willing and able to work with students who are explosive in nature and engage in physical and verbal aggression toward others
- Must be able to interact appropriately with all students
- Must be a team player to assist in all aspects needed within the classroom, cafeteria, and hallway
- Accompany students to and from the bus
- Supervise students in the classroom, at lunch/breakfast, in the building, on field trips, and at work sites
- Ability to work with one or more students on classroom assignments
- Ability to accompany one or more students to general education classes and assist the student(s) as needed and as directed by special education teacher or principal based upon IEP
- Ability to manage the environment and protect student(s) during the school day
- Must be able to follow multiple behavior plans for students at the same time AND must be able to implement changes to those plans when directed and follow through for each student
- Must be able to recognize the need for and initiate activities with a student(s)
- Must be flexible in the day-to-day schedule
- Must maintain confidentiality
- Must accept direction from special education teachers
- All Para Educators receiving the Special Education differential pay will be required to sign the vacancy notice for the position, acknowledging willingness to perform the duties, responsibilities, and expectations listed
- Must pass the Medicaid Fraud background check, prior to hiring, successfully bidding, and/or transferring to a special education position
- Ability to physically restrain students if trained to do so and as needed based upon the building principal's directives
- Assignments will be changed daily to meet the needs of individuals and/or groups of special education students
- Must be able to remain calm and respectful when students are in crisis
- Engage in collaborative work and contribute to team planning
- Position may require lifting
- Position may require toileting, diapering, hygiene care, and/or supervision in the restroom
- Position may require extended standing or sitting
- Position may include riding bus with a student(s)
- Ability to participate in and direct extensive physical activities
- Supervise students in out-of-classroom activities during the assigned workday
- Ability to model a positive attitude and team cooperation for the student
- Must accept direction from special education teachers
- Location(s) identified as Blue Grass, Iowa
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