Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Work one on one assisting a medically fragile student
• Change diapers/training pants as needed
• Assist with toilet training per IEP
• Assist student with feeding as needed, which could include tube feeding
• Assist with life/functional skills
• Assist with other classes as directed by supervisor and/or principal
• Assist a certified Special Education teacher with teaching as needed
• Monitor students in the classroom, lunch room, bathroom area, hallways, and during recess time
• Assist with data collecting of behaviors
• Prepare curriculum materials and activities for instruction
• Help with maintaining a safe/clean classroom

Qualifications 

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• Clean background check
• Pass Paraprofessional Assessment at hire or have 60 college hours
• Participate in required Paraprofessional module trainings provided by ADE

Physical requirements

• Be able to lift 50 lbs.
• Be able to stand the majority of the school day
• Be able to reach, bend, stoop, lift, carry and squat to assist students as needed
• Be able to run after a student the runs from the classroom, line, etc.
• Be able to walk on uneven surfaces
• Be outside in all weather conditions for assigned duty. This includes recess, before school drop offs and after school pick- ups.

Reports to:  Principal / Special Education Director

179 days.

Opening is for the 2024-2025 school year.