Special Education Paraprofessional - Herty Primary at Lufkin ISD

Primary Purpose:

Qualifications:

Major Responsibilities and Duties:

Instructional Support

1. Help teacher prepare instructional materials and classroom displays.
2. Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom.
3. Help with inventory, care, and maintenance of equipment.
4. Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports.
5. Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers.

Student Management

6. Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs including transferring to and from wheelchairs; lifting; positioning; or assisting students with personal care such as feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
7. Help manage behavior of students. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous students as needed.
8. Recognize differences in each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs and adapt methods and interaction accordingly.
9. Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher.
10. Help supervise students throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom. This includes lunchroom, bus, and playground duty.
11. Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of individual students.

Other

12. Maintain confidentiality.
13. Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned.

14. Provide professional communication with students, parents, community members, staff, and other professionals at all times.
15. Use proper phone etiquette at all times, speaking slowly and clearly.  Take reliable messages, and route to the appropriate staff.
16. Ensure superior customer care skills are used via eye contact, facial expressions, voice inflections, body language, and an attitude  of “going the extra mile” for others.
17. Ensure all requests for information are dealt with in an appropriate timeframe.
18. Create and maintain a welcoming, service-oriented environment toward all internal and external customers.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:

Additional Job Information: Applying for this posting places your name in a pool of applicants who wish to be considered for this position. All applications will be reviewed. Not all applicants will be interviewed.

The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required

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