About This Role
This paraprofessional position supports both the administration and students in a school setting, working with individuals or small groups. The role involves assisting teachers, performing clerical tasks, and helping students with transitions throughout the school day.
Responsibilities
- Assist teachers in implementing lesson plans and preparing instructional materials and learning activities
- Work with individual and small groups of students, under the guidance of the teacher
- Keep track of individual student performance
- Check papers
- Support attendance monitoring
- Work effectively with students, including safely escorting and monitoring transitions throughout the school day and upon arrival and departure in the cafeteria and/or on the playgrounds
- Locate and prepare learning resource equipment and materials
- Assist on field trips
- Supervise students in transit, if required
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Maintain files and record systems
- Operate a variety of office machines and equipment
- Give information to or elicit information from parents/guardians to properly complete forms and procedures
- Screen forms and documents to determine accuracy and completeness of information
- Receive, lift, sort, deliver, and organize mail and other materials
- Compile and organize data for reports
- Use computers to enter data, prepare reports, and maintain information
- Prepare forms and documents for distribution
Requirements
- Ability to maintain confidentiality when discussing students
- Ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral form
- Ability to reinforce lesson plans to support the educational program
- Ability to follow directions from the teacher and/or administrative staff
- Ability to work with small groups of students and assist with instruction
- Ability to execute assignments to completion
- Ability to perform clerical duties
- Possess basic technology knowledge to support student learning and clerical tasks
- Skilled in software applications such as Microsoft Office and Google Drive
- Ability to demonstrate strong human relations skills
- Ability to have positive and professional communication with staff, administrators, parents, and/or the community
- High school diploma or GED required
- Experience working with children
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