Paraprofessional

Job TitleQualifications: Previous experience working in an educational setting. Must be highly qualified with a minimum of 2 years of college or have passed the Para Pro Test.Reports To: Building PrincipalJob Goal: To assist the teacher achieve teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.Performance Responsibilities:Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.Helps students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.Distributes and collects workbooks, papers and other materials for instruction.Guides independent study, enrichment work and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods and field trips.Keeps bulletin board and other classroom learning displays up-to-date.Assists with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud and story-telling.Reads to students, listens to students read and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.Assists students in the library or media center.Checks notebooks, corrects papers and supervises testing and make-up work, as assigned by the teacher.Checks and records student attendance.Collects and records collection of money.Helps students with their clothing.Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned by teachers and/or the building principal.Terms Of Employment: Per Contract.Salary And Benefits: Per Contract.Evaluation: Building Principal and Director Of Pupil Personnel.