Role OverviewAssists Special Education teachers in reinforcing efforts with children with various disabilities, including physical disabilities, visual and hearing impairments, learning disabilities, behavior disorders, emotional impairments, and mental impairments in accordance with each student's Individual Education Program (IEP).
What You Will Do
Provides one-on-one tutoring services, assists with personal hygiene, and helps students with orthopedic impairments. Assists teachers in instructing students in daily living skills and accompanies students to swimming pools and medical clinics.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Requires good knowledge of the characteristics of students with various disabilities, ability to work with and for students with various disabilities, and ability to follow written and oral instructions and direction.
Requirements
- Valid TASN (NCLB) paraprofessional license from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE)
- 60 semester hours of college credit at a college or university accredited by the North Central Association or successful completion of a paraprofessional exam (Work Keys or Parapro)
- Good knowledge of English grammar and spelling
- Good knowledge of basic mathematics
- Ability to work with and for students with various disabilities, ages birth to twenty-one (21) years of age
Benefits
- Health & Wellness: Your Care, Your Choice
- Medical Plan Options
- Pharmacy
- Dental
- Vision
- Behavioral Health & EAP
- Employee Wellness Program
- Financial Security: Planning for Today and Tomorrow
- Basic Life Insurance
- Life and Disability Insurance
- Pension Plans
- Supplemental Retirement Plans (403(b) and 457(b))
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Spot Pet Insurance
- Work-Life Balance: Supporting Your Personal and Professional Life
- Paid Leave
- Sick Leave
- Vacation Days
- Parental Leaves
- Short-Term Disability
- Religious Holidays
- Leaves
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