Cleveland Middle School PT Interventionist

Job Description

Job Description

TITLE:  INTERVENTIONIST, PART-TIME (READING or MATH) QUALIFICATIONS

1. Meets the Federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) qualifications   including an associate’s degree or 48 hours of college credit or have passed the ParaProfessional Praxis test
2. Meets the health and physical qualifications

Principal

To provide assistance to teachers and help students become proficient in reading and/or mathematics.

1. Provides small group and/or individual instruction in reading and/or mathematics in grades K-8

2. Writes lesson plans for small group reading instruction

3. Delivers lesson plans according to specified techniques

4. Administers screening and survey-level assessments under the guidance of the Response to Intervention Facilitator

5. Administers running records under the guidance of the Instructional Facilitator

6. Keeps accurate records of student work, attendance, and intervention

7. Works with Response to Intervention Facilitator to monitor student progress

8. Manages the behavior of a small group of students

9. Uses personal computers and/or tablets and software applications for determining and monitoring student progress

10. Attends training as needed

11. Performs other work-related duties as assigned by the Principal 

This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 50 lbs., or the average weight of a child, if assigned to elementary grades, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs., or more.  Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:

1. Pushing and/or pulling

2. Climbing

3. Stooping, kneeling and/or crawling

4. Reaching

5. Talking

6. Hearing

7. Seeing

The required vocation preparation may come from any of the following:

1. Vocational education

2. Apprentice training

3. On-the-job training

4. Essential experience in other jobs

1. Adaptability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure

2. Adaptability to dealing with students

3. Adaptability to make generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria

Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.

1. Intelligence: Ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles and ability to reason and make judgments

2. Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of works and the ideas associated with them

3. Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities of differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color

4. Form Perception: Ability to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shading of figures

5. Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and skillfully

Normal working environment

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of the principal so assigned.