CLASSROOM PARAPROFESSIONAL

Classroom Paraprofessional

St. Coletta of Greater Washington is a non-sectarian, nonprofit organization that supports individuals with intellectual disabilities, autism, and secondary disabilities. We are currently seeking a Classroom Paraprofessional who will be responsible for providing one-to-one support to an assigned student and assisting the teacher in providing a learning environment that improves and develops the student's social, communication, and intellectual skills.

Examples of Essential Functions:

• Assists assigned student with physical care, feeding, medication, mobility, or other skills as designated by the teacher or therapist.
• Reinforces skills introduced by the teacher and provides instruction to students as prescribed by the teacher; may utilize games, stories, or other construction activities to enhance learning skills.
• Assists students with gross motor activities such as grasping, holding objects, posture, crawling, and walking. The ability to lift and position physically disabled individuals may be required.
• Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and community-based instruction. The ability to keep up with running children and or to lift or assist with lifting students is essential to perform this task.

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED and prior experience working with people with intellectual disabilities. Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Demonstrated ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work, and effectively attend to the needs of a student with intellectual disabilities
• Ability to work with individuals and small groups of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all employees.
• Ability to prepare and maintain required program records.
• Ability to assist supervising instructional staff in preparing and organizing materials.

Benefits:

• Health, Dental & Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Convenient Metro-accessible location
• 403B with company match
• Free life insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance and more

Salary: $17.95- $21.45 per hour