Paraeducator Full Time

TRUMBULL PUBLIC SCHOOLS Trumbull, Connecticut INSTRUCTIONAL PARAPROFESSIONAL Accountability: A paraprofessional is directly responsible to the building principal, the special education department chairman and/or the classroom teacher. General Job Description: An instructional paraprofessional assists teacher with the delivery of specific instructional/behavioral tasks, activities, or assessments with individual or small groups of students. Specific Responsibilities:

• Assist in arrival and departure routines i.e. meeting students at the bus.
• Assists students with transitioning from class to class or activity to activity.
• Assists students with organization of materials and assignments.
• Assists students at lunch, recess or in the hallways.
• Assists classroom or resource teachers with preparing or generating student materials.
• Assist students with daily living activities i.e. toileting, hand and face washing, dressing etc.
• Provides direct curriculum instruction from teacher prepared materials.
• Provides curricula assistance within the general education setting and/or the special education resource setting.
• Tracks or monitors student progress in academic and/or behavioral areas using teacher prepared data sheets.
• Shares academic/behavioral information about students with classroom and resource teachers.
• Maintains professional confidentiality when working with individual or small groups of students.
• Demonstrates a high level of commitment to supporting the educational and behavioral needs of students in his/her charge.
• Attends district paraprofessional workshops.
• Performs other duties as requested by the building principal, department chairman or classroom teacher. Qualifications: Minimum of a high school degree or some college credit for substitute paraprofessional positions. Sixty credits of post-secondary work or successful completion of the Para Pro Test for permanent hires. 09/24