Instructional Paraprofessional (Success Academy-Knotts )

Instructional Paraprofessional (Success Academy-Knotts) Kansas City School District – Success Academy Knotts, Kansas City, Missouri Starting Date: Immediately Position Type: Full-Time Salary: $17.25 per hour (Salary Grade Z03 – Z05; start at $17.25) Job Description To work with classroom teachers to effectively plan, coordinate, and carry out child development activities, and to instruct children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for elementary school. Responsibilities Work with teachers in team teaching, team planning, and daily routines. Provide small group and circle time instruction to assigned children. Understand, support and assist in implementing and communicating the Project Construct Curriculum with the children and their parents. Assist in preparing crafts, art, sensory materials and snacks for children. Work cooperatively with parents and other classroom volunteers. Accompany teacher on home visits and assist in establishing support with families. Participate on program planning committees, and parent involvement activities. Attend orientation and in‑service training sessions and serve as group leader when needed. Plan individual and group activities to stimulate growth in language, social, and motor skills such as listening to instructions, playing with others, and using play equipment. Instruct children in practice of personal cleanliness and self‑care. Alternate periods of strenuous activity with periods of rest and light activity to avoid over‑stimulation and fatigue of students. Help children develop habits of caring for own clothing and picking up and putting away toys and books. Perform any administrative case‑management duties, which serve to inform students and their families how to effectively access, use and maintain participation in all health resources under the Federal Medicaid program. Other duties may be assigned. Supervisory Responsibilities None Qualifications 60 college hours with a GPA of at least 2.5 Missouri state substitute teacher certification Education and/or Experience Knowledge of the Project Construct Curriculum Skills in working with children and their parents Desire to work with elementary grade children Preferred Qualifications Three (3) years successful experience working with elementary school children and their parents Course work in childhood education Terms of Employment Length of work year: 7 hours per day, 5 days per week, 205 days in person. Benefits Health and dental insurance KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan – mandatory 9% employee contribution matched by KCPS Voluntary retirement savings plans available Physical Demands This position requires the ability to sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands and fingers, and reach. It also requires bending, stooping, and lifting objects of at least ten pounds, and occasional stooping, kneeling, crouching, or crawling. Visual acuity for mono and color vision, close, distance, and depth perception is required. #J-18808-Ljbffr Usd