Glen Ridge public Schools – Job Description
Paraprofessional
TITLE: SPECIAL
EDUCATION AIDE
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. High
School Diploma; college-level
course
work in education or related firld
2.
Minimum experience as determined by the
board
3.
Ability to communicate effectively with
students, parents and school staff
4.
Knowledge of diverse needs of children with
disabilities and appropriate special education
classroom practices
5.
Required criminal history check and poof of
U.S. citizenship or legal resident alien status
REPORTS TO: Certified classroom teacher,
principal and student
personnel
services director
JOB GOAL: To assist the
classroom teacher by working with
individual
and small groups of disabled students to
provide
them with physical help and emotional support
as
needed to gain optimum benefit from the district’s
special education program.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1.
Assist in taking care of the physical needs of the
special education pupil,
including putting on and taking off outerwear, moving
from room to
room and using
the lavoratory.
2.
Assists with individualized instruction and works
with small groups of
students under the supervision of the special
education teacher to
reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher.
3.
Assists, where appropriate, in loading and unloading
the special
education pupil
from transportation buses or vans.
4.
Completes clerical duties as assigned by the special
education
classroom
teacher.
5.
Assists pupils with various projects, crafts, and
curriculum tasks.
6.
Helps with the supervision of children on field trips
planned by the
teacher.
7.
Assists in playground supervision.
8.
Engages children in conversation to encourage
language development.
9.
Aids physically handicapped children, particularly those
who rely
upon appliances
and prosthetics.
10.
Performs other appropriate duties as assigned by the
special education
teacher or building principal directly related to a
good learning
experience for special education pupils.
EMPLOYMENT: Salary and work year to be determinted by board.
EVALUATION: Performance
of this job will be evaluated in accordance
of the Board’s policy on evaluation of noncertified staff.
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