Job Description:

Location:

  Ferrara Elementary School

Responsibilities: To assist, support, and work closely with teachers, administrators, and

other team members in providing educational benefit for students.

Requirements: A minimum of an Associates degree or  passing score on the ParaPro Assessment is required, Bachelors degree is preferred.

Previous experience working with high risk children is desirable.

Minimum Qualifications/Skills and Knowledge Requirements:

Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially introduced and outlined by certified staff.

Assists the certified staff in devising special strategies for reinforcing learning materials and skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.

Monitors work, corrects papers, and supervises curriculum-based testing and makeup work as assigned by the certified staff.

Serves as the chief source of information and help to any guest teacher assigned in the absence of the regular certified staff.

Performs clerical, classroom maintenance, and instructional duties as assigned by the certified staff.

Alerts the certified staff to any problem or special information about an individual student.

Performs assigned supervision of students during lunch periods, play periods and on field trips.

Performs assigned non-instructional classroom duties, such as snack time, toileting, and clothing routines.

When requested, serves as a resource person to the General Education Intervention Team and/or IEP/SRBI/ESL Team(s).

Demonstrates ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students in school environment and community.

Participates in in-service training programs as approved.

Maintains safe working environment and encourages colleagues to be safety-minded in the performance of all school-related duties.

Performs other such duties/assignments as directed by the certified staff.

Assists, as directed by certified staff, in the effort to successfully maintain students with special needs in an integrated setting, as determined by the IEP/SRBI/ESL Team(s).

Evaluation:  Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Classified Personnel.

This job description is not, nor is it intended to be, a complete statement of all duties, functions, and responsibilities which comprises this position.

We strongly encourage applications from individuals belonging to historically marginalized groups, including racial and ethnic minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans. Our hiring process is designed to ensure fairness, impartiality, and equal opportunities for all qualified applicants.

We embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, striving to create a culturally responsive environment. We conform to the spirit of and the letter of local policy, applicable laws and regulations, such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX, of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Civil Rights Act of 1987,  the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act (CFEPA).

This position is a 10-month, 29.5 hour position.  The hourly range is Cat I $16.21, Cat II $16.72 or Cat III $19.12 per hour  with limited benefits as outlined in the current East Haven Paraprofessional and Teachers Aides contract.

Please refer to the contract  available on our East Haven Public School website:  www.east-haven.k12.ct.us