Role OverviewUnder direct supervision, the purpose of the position is to provide assistance in the education, care, and development of students with severe disabilities. Employees in this classification perform instructional, clerical, and behavioral management duties.
What You Will Do
Provides instructional, behavioral and developmental assistance to students with severe disabilities as directed by the supervising teacher or other certified professional. Assists with behavior interventions, including monitoring and charting behaviors specific to students with severe disabilities.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Must possess strong stress management skills and the ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work and effectively attend to special needs.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree or higher; or at least sixty (60) semester hours from an accredited institution of higher education (official transcript required to validate education)
- Passing the paraprofessional certification exam can substitute for the educational requirement to meet the highly qualified status
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience working with exceptional needs school-age children (Pre-K thru 12)
- Ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work, and effectively attend to the needs of school age children
Benefits
- Salary Schedule
- Benefits not explicitly mentioned in the posting
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