CS General TK Paraprofessional

## Description

**Purpose:** The General Education Paraprofessional assists the classroom teacher and school principal by providing supports to groups of students at a school site in order to increase student achievement.

**Functions:**

**Essential Job Functions**

• Plans and teaches small group instruction in the classroom under the direction of the classroom teacher.
• Collaborates with teacher in weekly lesson planning.
• Assists teacher with differentiating instruction.
• Assists teachers with the management of student behavior.
• Assists students in following classroom routines, working on-task, and completing assignments with increasing independence.
• Clarifies, rephrases and repeats instructions for students as needed.
• Collaborates with school staff in behavioral support.
• Assists in the development of individual, classroom-wide and/or school-wide positive behavioral supports to students.
• Assists students with conflict resolution.
• Provides structured supervision on the yard during recess, lunch, before school, and after school.

**Other Functions**

Performs other duties as assigned

## Qualifications

**Qualifications**

**Education**

AA Degree or Bachelor’s degree, OR at least 48 successfully earned semester units of college course work from an accredited college/university (must include 9 hours of coursework in Reading/Writing and 6 in Math).

**Certifications**

• Must pass criminal background check
• Must provide proof negative TB test results
• Must complete CPR/First Aide certification and Child Abuse training within 30 days of employment

**Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics**

• Bilingual in English/Spanish preferred
• Possession of patience, flexibility and the ability to work well as a collaborative team member.
• Physical ability to bend over, squat, stand and sit for periods of time, and move with some speed.
• Reliable transportation to work.
• Prior experience working with children in an educational or other structured setting.
• Skills needed to model appropriate behaviors to students.
• Ability to remain calm during periods of stress.
• Ability to plan, organize, prioritize, and manage time.
• Ability to work collaboratively with school staff.
• Ability to accept constructive criticism and direction from supervisors.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students and staff.
• Mobility to traverse all areas of work sites.