Paraprofessional

Position Information

Position Title Paraprofessional Position Number 500213 Salary Range $26,000.00 Position Type Unclassified Staff

Department Information

Ending Effective Date of Temporary Employment Department West Ascension Early Learning Center

Job Duties

Responsibility / Duty

Maintains:

• Knowledge and compliance with the policies and procedures set forth in the staff handbook and any additional verbal directives
• Physical demands requiring frequent lifting, carrying, transferring, of objects of a considerable weight
• Duties related to and in support of the educational process and care and safety of all children
• Participation in staff planning and evaluation meetings as well as professional meetings
• Sharing of appropriate information with other staff members
• Confidentiality of children, parents, and all staff members.
• Compliance with all university, LDOE licensing, Health Department, and Fire Marshal policies and procedures .
• All necessary employment requirements by established due dates

Percentage Of Time 25 Responsibility / Duty

Engaging Students in Learning

• Poses open-ended/higher order (HOT) questions to children designed to promote thinking and understanding
• Creates discussion among children as developmentally appropriate, providing adequate time for children to respond
• Scaffold activities to support engagement.
• Provide children time to become intellectually engaged in activities.
• Maintain displays inside and outside of the classroom that exhibit children's work

Percentage Of Time 25 Responsibility / Duty

Assists lead teacher in:

• Implementing the daily program
• Conducting developmentally appropriate activities for children in a safe environment
• Conducting assessments on children's growth and development
• Conducting (individual/ small groups/ whole groups) of children with educational activities as directed by the teacher or higher-level personnel.
• Coordinating other projects as directed by center administrators
• Employing a range of developmentally appropriate strategies to engage children in classroom discussions
• Providing learning tasks and activities that are aligned with the instructional outcomes/objectives and are designed to challenge children's thinking

Percentage Of Time 25 Responsibility / Duty

Managing Classroom Procedures

• Maximizes instructional time
• Manages children's behavior in instructional groups, transitions, and/or handling of materials and supplies consistently
• Establishes classroom routines to be followed by children with minimal guidance and prompting as aligned to children's developmental progression
• Maintain cleanliness and organization within classroom

Percentage Of Time 15 Responsibility / Duty

Professionalism

• Dresses appropriately for the job assigned.

• Establishes and maintains appropriate respectful and collaborative relationships with all administrative supervisors, center staff, enrolled children, families, center visitors, donors, etc.

• Seeks, shares, and respects ideas of others.

• Exhibits a positive attitude towards others.

• Participates in continued professional growth activities (seminars, conferences, workshops).

• Communication

• Understands and interprets written and verbal instructions from upper-level administrators.

• Assists center-based administrators in all operational components of the center.

• Reports any abuses of policy or negative situations through the appropriate chain of command.

• Reports to work at the assigned time, attends work consistently, and contacts supervisor when absent

• Completes task in a safe manner and reports any observed unsafe conditions/ incidents/injury/damage/suspicion of abuse or neglect and the like IMMEDIATELY to the necessary individuals/departments AND provides written documentation to the supervisor.

Percentage Of Time 10

Posting Detail Information

Minimum Experience Required

Minimum of 2 years experience within an Early Childhood or comparable setting (Head Start, preschool program, elementary school, etc)

Minimum Education Required

High-school diploma

Minimum Licenses Required Other Minimum Requirements

18 years of age or older

CPR/First Aid Certification OR willing to become CPR certified

Able to obtain a valid Child Care Criminal Background Check (CCCBC)

Test(s) Required Preferred Education

Child development continuing education coursework and/or professional development hours

Preferred Experience Preferred Licenses Other Preferred Requirements Physical Demands

Be able to frequently stand, walk, speak, hear, and lift up children/weighted objects.

Be able to bend or twist at the neck more than the average person.

Be able to occasionally push or lift up to 50 lbs. such as boxes of books and carts.

Be able to read handwritten or typed material, and maintain the ability to adjust visual focus.

Employment Year Fiscal Year If Grant Period or Specified Period selected, please specify begin date If Grant Period or Specified Period selected, please specify end date Employment Basis Full-time Proposed Ending Date (for faculty and grant funded positions) Posting Date 11/03/2026 Closing Date 11/22/2026 Special Instructions to Applicants

This position is located in Donaldsonville, LA.

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