DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: · Work with individual students or small groups of students under the supervision of a certified teacher or assistant teacher to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially introduced by the teacher. · Administer, score and record achievements and diagnostic tests, under the direction of the teacher or assistant teacher for individual students or groups of students. · Assist the teacher or assistant teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities. · Assist the teacher or assistant teacher in the handling, operation and care of equipment, used in the classroom, including media, and instructional materials. · Assist with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, field trips and in other non-classroom activities. · Check notebooks, correct papers and supervise testing and make-up work, as assigned by the teacher or assistant teacher. · Assist the teacher with non-instructional duties, such as snack, toilet and clothing routines. · Serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher. · Assist the teacher or assistant teacher in drill work, large group reading or storytelling. · Alert the regular teacher or assistant teacher regarding any problem or special information related to an individual student. · Perform clerical duties as assigned by the teacher or assistant teacher as needed. · Maintain the same high level of ethnical behavior and sensitivity of information about students as is expected of a certified teacher or assistant teacher. · Participate in in-service training programs, as assigned. · Attend monthly parent/teacher meetings and presents developmentally appropriate parent and child activities to be done at home. · Encourage parent volunteers in the classroom; oversees their participation in classroom activities. · Obtain and maintain parent input into curriculum planning through classroom activities. · Maintain awareness of student health problems and makes referrals for care to health coordinator. · Assist in meeting appropriate goals of PPT of special needs children. · Make at least two home visits per year. · Conferences with Social Service worker weekly. · Attend case study when necessary to discuss children. · Performs para related duties as appropriate for the position. SKILLS, ABILITIES & Qualifications: · Must meet NCLB Para compliance requirements, as applicable. · Experience/training in working with children. · Such additions and alternatives to the above qualifications as may be appropriate and acceptable. · Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions effectively. · Exhibits good judgment, patience, tact and courtesy. · Physical condition commensurate with the demands of, at a minimum, the essential functions of the position.
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