About This Role
Working with students in a specialized education program, the Paraprofessional provides essential support to educators, helping to change lives by fostering student growth and development. This role involves a mix of instructional assistance, administrative tasks, and direct student support, including tutoring and, for some, sign language interpretation.
Responsibilities
- Assist educators in their instructional duties and other general responsibilities such as organizing and providing tutorial support
- Provide additional student support including accommodations and online assessments
- Assist in related data entry for students enrolling in the program or school
- Facilitate program implementation and support maintenance efforts such as student transportation, guest speakers, career fairs, field trips, etc.
- Alert the educator to student behavior issues or other program challenges
- Assist in monitoring and proctoring student assignment and tests
- Perform clerical tasks for teachers as needed, to include coordination, scheduling of and participation in meetings when requested
- Assist educators in contacting parents or adult students and assists in retrieving required forms
- Participate in Student Study Team or other meetings relating to student success
- Aid the educator in rendering additional attention or data collection for particular students
- Demonstrate willingness to learn and build expertise in relevant content areas
- Translate communications between students and teachers
- For Sign Language Interpreters: Assist students in the use of sign language or other non-verbal forms of communication
- Assist with the instruction deaf and hard of hearing students, individually or in small groups
- Adhere to attendance policies
- Administrative duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed from time to time
Requirements
- Organizational skills
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work with diverse youth populations
- Ability to collaborate with various people to support student learning and development
- High school diploma or equivalent, and completion of at least two years of College (48 units), or Associate degree (or higher) from an accredited state college, or Pass a local assessment of knowledge and skills in assisting in instruction issued by an approved Local education agency
- Experience working with students
- Experience working with low economic and at-risk populations
- Experience in the education of individuals with exceptional needs, student who are deaf or hard of hearing, or in the related Career Technical Education or Literacy content area
