Paraprofessional

Paraprofessional Job

Schedule: 6.5 hours per day, including a 0.5-hour unpaid lunch break. All days when school is in session. Hourly Rate: $21.23 - $23.83 [based on experience].

Those who do not meet the minimum requirements listed below and wish to pursue a career as a Paraprofessional, may visit the Rhode Island Department of Education's website to review qualifications and to enroll in an approved program today!

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist students academically in all settings on a daily basis.
• Assist students with all daily living activities including but not limited to: mobility, feeding, toileting, hygiene, and lifting students during transfers and repositioning as necessary.
• Provide escort and physical assistance to students as necessary.
• Assist students with transitioning on and off the school bus upon arrival and dismissal.
• Help maintain individual records for students inclusive of completed Medicaid documentation.
• Guide students in developing positive relationships with peers and adults.
• Assist with the supervision of students during student free time.
• Assist teachers in maintaining work and study areas.
• Collect and display suitable material for educational displays.
• Under the direction of the assigned teacher(s), develop learning materials and group lessons; adapt learning materials to meet the needs of individuals with different ability levels, learning styles, or cultural/linguistic backgrounds; and correct and prescribe students' work to remediate students' weaknesses.
• Attend meetings to help organize programs of instruction and discuss problematic students and situations.
• Participate in discipline procedures and prescribe consequences for student behavior, with supervision.
• Utilize de-escalation techniques acquired from the District-approved training to assist students when met with a challenge by physical needs such as outbursts, running, etc.
• Work with students in the community to assist with transition goals as necessary.
• Maintain a cooperative working relationship with all personnel, agencies and community partners.
• Assist teachers as a member of the Instructional Team in developing and using appropriate strategies and techniques (develop materials and provide group lessons).
• Assist teachers in devising special strategies for reinforcing positive behavior based upon a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Serve as the chief source of information to help any substitute teacher assigned on any given day.
• Monitor and respond to District-related email communications.
• Complete mandatory trainings as assigned through the District's Learning Management System (LMS) in a timely manner.
• Other related duties as assigned by classroom teachers, school Principal and/or the Director of Student Services and/or his/her designee(s).