Job Description
Job DescriptionDescription:
24-25 school year
SUMMARY
Provide supplemental instructional support to eligible students.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Deliver interventions to students based on the instructional plans developed by the Title I Teacher and/or the General Education Teacher. Interventions may include support in the form of small group and/or individualized instruction, tutoring, guided practice, or other techniques, as guided by the teacher.
- Report back to the Title I Teacher and/or General Education Teacher on the outcomes of the interventions conducted by keeping daily student outcome reports
- Administer assessments and screeners that will contribute to the teachers' decisions in regards to:
1. determining eligibility for entry into Title I program
2. creating appropriate interventions
3. progress-monitoring
4. exiting students from the Title I program
- May attend parent/teacher conferences as needed to support the teacher in communicating with parents about student performance, behavior, or other topics.
- Maintain student files as requested and required by the needs of federal, state and local guidelines to track student progress.
- Maintain the confidentiality of student records and student information.
- Maintain activity logs and time and effort documentation that comply with regulatory requirements
- Maintain constant communication with Title I Teachers and General Education Teachers regarding the progress of and concerns about Title I students
- May serve as an active member of teams such as RTI team, data team, PBS team, school improvement team, etc.
- Assist the teacher in communicating and upholding behavior and conduct expectations found in the school-wide behavior management plan; assist in maintaining a safe and secure environment in the classroom.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Complete at least two years of study at an accredited institution of
- higher education (equal to 60 semester hours); or
- Obtain an associate's degree (or higher) from an accredited institution; or
- Meet a rigorous standard of quality and demonstrate, through passage
- of an approved formal state academic assessment in the following
- areas:
- Knowledge of, and the ability to assist in, instructing reading,
- writing, and mathematics; or
- Knowledge of, and the ability to assist in, instructing reading
- readiness, writing readiness, and mathematics readiness, as
- appropriate.
The State Board of Education approved the following formal assessments by
which a paraprofessional may choose to demonstrate this knowledge:
- Basic Skills Examination MTTC - A passing score of at least 480 on the
evidence-based reading and writing section of the SAT and 530 on the
mathematics section in lieu of the Basic Skills Test or Professional
Readiness Exam
- ETS Parapro Assessment - A passing score of 460 is required
While no longer available, the following assessments would also provide
qualification:
- WorkKeys®-Required Scores:
- Reading for Information – 4; and
- Applied Mathematics – 4; and
- Writing – 3 (Business Writing was NOT approved)
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Evidence of successful experience in student and parent relations as evidenced through prior experience in personal or professional settings.
- Demonstrated proficiency in an instructional support capacity, as acquired through prior experience in tutoring, teaching or similar work experience.
- Willingness to learn
- Flexible
- Knowledge of and the ability to assist in instructing reading, writing, and mathematics as appropriate