ParaPros

Para-Professional/Special Educational Assistant Revised 7/26/10
 * 1)  Report to work on time and regularly, following building sign in/out procedures. All duties must relate to special education students.
 * 2)  Communicate/collaborate daily with case manager to discuss student issues.
 * 3)  Case manager will determine when and how information will be disseminated.
 * 4)  You are responsible for following procedures appropriately and working within the law.
 * 5)  Provide educational assistance to students with disabilities and assist case managers in instructional preparation.
 * 6)  Assist in preparing, modifying, and utilizing instructional materials.
 * 7)  Assist with data collection and progress monitoring.
 * 8)  Use special educational strategies and techniques.
 * 9)  Provide general physical assistance.
 * 10)  Assist teachers in classroom or other educational settings by active participation in required professional development opportunities and training sessions as assigned.
 * 11)  Assist teachers in setting up & conducting various class activities and projects based on a working knowledge and implementation of individual student IEP goals and service times as assigned by the department chair and/or case manager.
 * 12)  Acquire knowledge and skills to support the preK-12 general curriculum.
 * 13)  Provide support to implement students’ IEP’s.
 * 14)  Provide support for students in areas of behavior; assistive technology; physical and self-care which may include feeding, toileting, and personal hygiene.
 * 15)  Provide support in work-based-learning or community experiences.
 * 16)  Provide appropriate tasks requiring reading, handwriting, numeracy, oral and written communication skills.
 * 17)  Willing to be trained as needed in non-violent positive behavioral interventions and support methods and update training as required.
 * 18)  Willing to be trained in other areas such as lifting, transferring, and positioning students with physical support needs; the implementation of discrete trial systems; feeding/oral-motor interventions; signing; Brailing instructional materials; augmentative systems.
 * 19)  Be a positive representative of your school and HCDE by maintaining confidentiality while meeting the varied IEP needs of special education students in a professional manner.