Job Description:

Starting Date: Immediately

THOMPSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONAL

Reports To: Classroom Teacher, Building Administrator, and Director of Special Education

General Duties: To assist the student(s) in all aspects of learning opportunities and activities of daily living as well as assist the teacher as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Assist student academically in all settings throughout the school day.

• Assist with mobility and orientation.

• All aspects of ADL’s when necessary.

• Maybe required to lift during a student transition and reposition (primarily for students that are non-ambulatory).

• Assist with toileting and hygiene/self-care skills.

• Assist with feeding.

• Help student(s) with organizational skills.

• Guide students in developing positive relationships with peers and adults.

• Assist with the supervision of students during student free time.

• Escort and provide assistance to student(s) when necessary.

• Assist teacher in maintaining work and study areas.

• Collect and display suitable material for educational displays.

• With teacher supervision, correct student work and give additional work to help remediate student’s weaknesses.

• Attend meetings to help organize weekly programs of instruction and discuss problematic students and situations if required.

• With teacher supervision, participate in discipline procedures and prescribe consequences for student behavior.

• Collect data as needed when asked.

• Attend upcoming CPI training for de-escalation techniques and strategies.

• Required to attend and participate in aquatics program (must be in the water with the student(s)).

• Able to assist the student(s) when met with a challenge by physical needs when necessary, such as outburst, eloping, etc.

• Maintain a cooperative staff relationship with all personnel functioning within the educational setting.

• Work in the community to assist with Transitional goals.

• Assist teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing behavior or academic skills based on an understanding of individual

student needs, interests, and abilities.

• Perform other duties as assigned by the classroom teacher/or the Director of Special Education or his/her designee.

Qualifications:

• Be of good character

• Hold a High school Diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED)

• Meet Connecticut instructional assistant requirements:

• Complete at least two years of post-secondary education.

1. Earn an Associate degree.

2. Pass a related assessment (Praxis Para Pro Assessment).

3. Completion of a successful

Position Type: Full-time

Positions Available:3

Job Requirements

Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Salary: Per Contract

Contact Information

Michelle Giammarinaro, Human Resource Director

785 Riverside Drive

North Grosvenordale, Connecticut 06255

Phone: 860-923-9581 ext. 13080

Fax: 860-923-9638

Email: mgiammarinaro@thompsonpublicschools.org