Elementary Paraprofessional

Geary County USD 475

Job Description

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

            The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.           

                The employee performing the duties of this position is frequently required to walk, sit, talk, hear, bend, stoop, and reach.   The employee may be occasionally required to manually lift, move, or carry up to 35 pounds.   The employee is required to interact with staff and meet the demands of several different people.   The employee is responsible for the work output of others.   The employee occasionally works extended hours.   Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Critical Skills

1. Ability to maintain regular and good work attendance and come to work on time.
2. Ability to work constructively and cooperatively with others.
3. Ability to respond to information requests in a courteous, timely and helpful manner.
4. Ability to manage job responsibilities while meeting established deadlines.
5. Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer.
6. Ability to maintain confidentiality of student and staff information.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

1.  Read aloud or listen to children read.
2. Assist students in performing activities/lessons that have been initiated by the teacher.
3. Hand out papers and collect paper work.
4. Provide special help such as drilling with flash cards and spelling.
5. Assist in preparing instructional materials.
6. Reinforce learning instructional materials.
7. Assist children in learning their names, addresses, telephone numbers, birthdays, and parent's names.
8. Supervise free play activities in classroom.
9. Prepare flash cards and charts.
10. Prepare art supplies and other materials, bulletin boards, etc.
11. Hear requests for help, observe learning difficulties from pupils, and report such matters to teacher.
12. Score objective tests and papers and keep appropriate records for teachers.
13. Assist in educational demonstration for the class or small groups.
14. Assist in setting up learning centers.
15. Provide assistance with individualized programmed materials.
16. Work with individual students or small groups on instruction as planned by the classroom teacher.
17. Escort students to other classes(art, music, PE) as needed.
18. Support the teacher or other professional staff in various activities (music, PE, etc.)
19. Assist with organizing of field trips.
20. Assist with supplementary work for advanced students.
21. Escort children on educational trips outside the classroom with the teacher.
22. Attend inservice meetings provided by the district.
23. Perform other duties or accept responsibilities determined by the supervising teacher or building principal.
24. Requires extended periods of walking, standing, sitting, bending, twisting, lifting up to 50 lbs.
25. Will be required to complete Professional Development hours each year.
26. To be to work on time and to have good attendance.

BASIC FUNCTION/PURPOSE

            The instructional paraprofessional is a team member who works in special education classes only under the supervision of the classroom teacher.  The paraprofessional frees the professional from routine daily tasks and also serves as a part of the instructional team.  The paraprofessional carries out the educational program developed by the classroom teacher and support personnel.  The instructional paraprofessional must receive a minimum of required hours of service training per year.

Updated 7-6-12