Paraeducator - Project Search na Eastmont School District

Located at Stemilt

General Summary:  

In coordination with the Project SEARCH instructor, the skills trainer provides training and support for Project SEARCH student interns and host business mentors.  Facilitates the training and integration of a student with disabilities in a worksite internship and/or competitive work environment.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provide individualized support for Project SEARCH student interns during the internships at the host business for the interns to acquire competitive and marketable skills. This could include:
1. Initial training of internship task utilizing systematic instruction techniques
2. Building natural supports
3. Developing accommodations and identifying appropriate assistive technology
2. Develop task analysis when needed to support the student intern to learn and perform tasks to required productivity and quality standards
3. Identify and implement training strategies and/or services in coordination with the Project SEARCH instructor and host business staff. 
4. In coordination with the instructor and business liaison, identify and develop internship sites that offer a variety of opportunities to build marketable, competitive skills that lead to employment.  
5. Learn the host business site culture, rules, and expectations within each department and assist interns to understand and comply.
6. Consult with host business department employees on tools and techniques that support intern learning and success.
7. Communicate effectively with Project SEARCH Instructor, other skills trainers, internship department managers /mentors, co-workers, family members, and school and agency personnel as it relates to the intern being trained.
8. Participate in training student interns in the areas of grooming, hygiene, communication, interviewing, and work/social behavior as they relate to successful employment.
9. Assist with completing tools such as the VocFit Assessment to determine the abilities of the student intern, the demands of the internship tasks, and help the team to make meaningful internship matches.
10. Assess student intern progress and give feedback to intern and team members.
11. Provide travel training for the student intern to get to the host business independently.
12. Communicate with Project SEARCH instructor regarding issues that may affect intern success at an internship or in employment. These decisions may be related to continued skills training, fading, behavior, job tasks, etc.
13. Submit and complete appropriate paperwork and enter data in the Member Portal.
14. Perform other duties as necessary

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

1. Year of previous experience working with individuals with disabilities in a workplace setting in the community preferred.
2. Training or skills and experience in training/coaching, systematic instruction, job, and task analysis.
3. Ability to work collaboratively, as a productive team member with the instructor, families, affiliate school and all agency personnel and stakeholders. 
4. Effective interpersonal communication skills which promote personal relationships with interns, families, host business, Project SEARCH team members, and outside agencies.
5. Organizational ability, self-directedness, and initiative when given a variety of responsibilities and assigned tasks.
6. Ability to make decisions and problem solve with a team of service providers.

Physical Requirements:

The usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions require the following physical demands:

• Ability to regularly walk, sit, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, pull.
• Ability to work indoors and outdoors; inclement weather at times
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

Mandatory Conditions of Employment

• Proof of High School diploma, or equivalent;
• Have one of the following (proof of completion submitted no later than 60 days following hire date):
•    An AA Degree from an accredited academic college or university
•    A minimum of 72 college quarter credits
•    Have passed a district-recognized assessment of basic skills and instructional proficiency (currently the ETS test).
• Completion of 14 hours of Fundamental Course of Study training as provided and directed by the District (OSPI and PESB requirement).
• Successful clearance of the FBI and Washington State Patrol fingerprint background check.
• Successful Washington State Sexual Misconduct clearance.
• Completion of federal I-9 form.

Benefits: Those associated with the Eastmont Paraeducator Association

Eastmont School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Coordinator and Title IX Coordinator, Kayla Brown, 509-884-7169, [email protected]; and Section 504 Coordinator, Matt Charlton, 509-884-7169, [email protected]. 800 Eastmont Avenue, East Wenatchee 98802