Paraprofessional Elementary School

PAY IS BASED ON EDUCATION LEVEL, AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS A PARAPROFESSIONALPerforms a variety of paraprofessional curricular, instructional, clerical, and support tasks to support teachers and other professional staff in a general or special education classroom or learning environment; assists with the daily management of the students and classroom.Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Performs curricular, instructional, clerical, and support tasks to assist teachers and other professional staff in a classroom or other instructional setting. Works with the teacher to provide instructional or developmental activities for a general or special education population.Performs remedial instruction or tasks to reinforce learning initiated by a teacher or professional staff.Works with students requiring individual or close attention. Observes and assists individual students experiencing difficulties.Assists the teacher with the development of individualized programs. Prepares a variety of instructional materials and reports, as requested.

Works with individuals or small groups of students. Reads to children, listens to their recitations, and suggests improvements. Monitors groups of students engaged in drawing, writing, independent study, or similar work while the teacher is otherwise occupied. Assists with teaching classes of basic skills and may monitor a computer, writing, or other technology laboratories under general supervision.

May assist with instructing students with special needs under the supervision of the teacher, including monitoring students on independent work. Supervises and monitors students in off-site vocational training and community travel settings, as assigned. Helps maintain order and discipline and assists with managing the behavior of students, including crisis management. Proctors tests and examinations, corrects and scores objective tests.Maintains inventory and distributes textbooks and other instructional materials.

Assists with maintenance of files containing student work and evaluation and assessment data. Continues instructional activities during the teachers absence from the classroom; assists with routine care, including personal hygiene, feeding and other tasks, as required or requested. On occasion, serves as a substitute teacher.Performs related duties as required or assigned.