Paraprofessional – Special Education

Job title: Paraprofessional – Special Education

Company: McLean County Unit District No. 5

Job description: Teaching Assistant/Special Education

• Date Posted:

7/14/2021

• Location:

Evans Junior High School

• Date Available:

08/16/2021

• Closing Date:

Until Filled

McLean County Unit District No. 5

JOB DESCRIPTION
Position Title: Paraprofessional – Special Education
Location: Evans Junior High School
Department: Building Personnel
Reports to: Principal/Assistant Principal
FLSA Class: Non-Exempt
FTE: 1.0

SUMMARY
This position is responsible for working with students with learning disabilities, autism, or mild behaviors in the general education classroom. on a regular basis in an effort to provide them with the support they need to gain full benefit from the District’s special education program.

DUTIES * Discusses assigned duties with classroom teachers in order to coordinate instructional efforts.

• Prepares lesson materials, bulletin Board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations as needed.
• Presents subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, or supervised role-playing methods.
• Establishes as fully as possible a supportive and sympathetic relationship with the student(s) without fostering or encouraging intense emotional involvement.
• Serves as a resource person, if and when requested, to the student personnel evaluation team conferring about one of the students to whom assigned.
• Supervises students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.
• Conducts demonstrations to teach such skills as sports, dancing, and handicrafts.
• Distributes teaching materials such as textbooks, workbooks, papers, and pencils to students.
• Distributes tests and homework assignments, and collect them when they are completed.
• Enforces administration policies and rules governing students.
• Grades homework and tests, and computes and records results, using answer sheets or electronic marking devices.
• Completes required reports in a timely manner.
• Teaches socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
• Works with students with multiple physical, mental, and developmental disabilities.
• Is familiar with and uses adaptive equipment including, communication equipment, wheel chairs, adaptive feeding tools, etc.
• Assists students with self-care, hygiene, and feeding as necessary.
• May be required to perform tasks that students are not able to do, i.e. taking notes, handling materials, holding books, etc.
• May work with/handle resistive students.
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Maintains a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Assists the classroom teacher in other tasks necessary in maintaining a professional and positive classroom environment, and performs other teacher aide duties as may be assigned by the classroom teacher, administration or Board of Education.

QUALIFICATIONS * Must have a registered license with the Regional Office of Education #17 at the time of hire.

• Must have excellent Oral and Written communication skills to work with teachers, education support personnel, building administrators and the general public.
• Enforce school regulations and policies in a professional manner.
• Ability to maintain good working relationships with fellow employees and pupils.
• Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Requires employee to have the ability to push/pull up to 10 lbs.
• Must be detailed oriented.

Certification:
Must possess an educator license with stipulations endorsed for paraprofessional educator or professional educator license at the time of hire.

Compensation:
Per 2021-2022 Teaching Assistant salary schedule

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INTERNAL APPLICANTS WANTING TO APPLY SHOULD USE THE INTERNAL APPLICATION

Expected salary: $2021 – 2022 per month

Location: McLean County, IL

Job date: Thu, 22 Jul 2021 07:53:45 GMT


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