ACSS Paraeducator
- Employer
- Geary County Schools
- Location
- Junction City, KS, US
- Salary
- Competitive
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- Job Category
- Support Staff, Paraprofessional
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Support Staff/ACSS Paraeducator
5/13/2019
All Building
2019-2020
When Filled
Geary County USD 475
Job Description
Classification Classified
Division/Department Special Education
Job Category Instructional Paraeducator
FLSA Non-Exempt
Title Adaptive, Communication, Social Skills Program Paraeducator (ACSS)
Qualifications
*48 College Credit Hours or the ability to pass a State Approved Assessment within 90 days of employment.
*High School Diploma or equivalent
*Must be able to lift 50lbs.
*Respect Confidentiality
*Must have good attendance
Reports To
Supervising Teacher & Building Prinicipal
Supervises
Students
BASIC FUNCTION/PURPOSE
The paraeducator is a team member who works in special education classes only under the supervision of the classroom teacher. The paraeducator serves as a part of the instructional team. The paraeducator carries out the educational program developed by the classroom teacher and support personnel. The paraeducator must receive a minimum of required hours of service training per year.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee performing the duties of this position is frequently required to walk, sit, talk, hear, bend, stoop, and reach. The employee may be occasionally required to manually lift, move, or carry up to 50 pounds. The employee is required to interact with staff and meet the demands of several different people. The employee is responsible for the work output of others. The employee occasionally works extended hours. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
CRITICAL SKILLS
- Ability to maintain regular and good work attendance and come to work on time.
- Ability to work constructively and cooperatively with others.
- Ability to respond to information requests in a courteous, timely and helpful manner.
- Ability to manage job responsibilities while meeting established deadlines.
- Ability to access, input, and retrieves information from a computer.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of student and staff information.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist children in learning chosen curriculum depending on their individual needs and skills such as basic math, reading and writing skills.
- Assist children in learning (speaking, recognizing and writing) their names, addresses, telephone numbers, birthdays, and parent's names.
- Provide supervision in classroom, physical education, lunchroom, play ground and to and from buses.
- Lift students in and out of wheel chairs for positioning, diaper changing or toileting.
- Instruct small and large groups in academics, sensory skills, art, money, domestics and recreation planned by the classroom teacher. Provide observations, opinions and feedback to professional staff.
- Assist students in performing activities/lessons that have been initiated by the teacher.
- Assist in preparation and reinforcement of instructional materials.
- Provide assistance with individualized programmed materials.
- Work with individual students or small groups on instruction as planned by the classroom teacher.
- Assist with redirecting students
- Reinforce the school and classroom rules, policies, and procedures.
- May need to monitor students on the bus.
- Supervise and assist students when included into general education classes.
- Assist in supervision of students during recess and lunch periods and accompany students on community experiences.
- Monitor students and assist in instructing self-care skills including feeding, dressing, brushing teeth, using deodorant, combing hair, toileting, diapering, etc.
- Instruct, assist and may transport students with vocational activities such as shredding documents, recycling, cleaning tables, etc.
- Instruct students in community skills such as street safety, stranger safety signs, sight words, bank money skills, reading menus and ordering food.
- Chart individual progress of students under the direction and supervision of the teacher.
- Strictly adhere to confidentiality requirements regarding all matters pertaining to students, parents, parent communications, and/or classroom activities. (Note: Unless instructed otherwise by supervising teacher, all parent communication must come directly from certified personnel.)
- Supervise student in teacher-planned activity and help student to stay on task for programs taught by supervising teacher.
- Assist with activities of prescribed programs including those written by related service personnel such as PT, OT, Social Work and Speech.
- Implement behavior management techniques in accordance with the directions given by the supervising teacher (reinforcing appropriate behaviors in accordance with the teacher's plan, supervising timeout, etc.)
- Control and monitor disruptive behaviors of disabled students in the classroom, throughout the building, on the playground, during field trips and during other community activities.
- Prevent students from hurting themselves or others through the use of time-out room or other de-escalation strategies.
- Attend professional development meetings provided by the district or supervisor scheduled meetings.
- Perform other duties or accept responsibilities determined by the supervising teacher or building principal.
- Will be required to complete Professional Development hours each year.
All decisions and/or questions regarding Special Education services are to be referred to the supervising special education teacher.
Terms of Employment 9 Months
Salary Range
$13.41 to $14.41 per hour
Evaluation Frequency
Job performance will be evaluated a minimum of 1 times per year.
Updated 9/18/2019
Notice of Nondiscrimination
Geary County USD #475 does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and/or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. For questions or complaints based on race, color, national origin, sex or age, please contact the USD 475 Executive Director of Personnel Services, 123 N. Eisenhower, Junction City, KS 66441. Telephone: 785.717.4000. For questions or complaints based on disability, please contact the USD 475 Executive Director of Special Education, 123 N. Eisenhower, Junction City, KS 66441. Telephone: 785.717.4000
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