Special Education Paraprofessional 2026-2027 SY

    Highlights

    Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing learning materials and skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities. Responsibilities: Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially introduced and outlined by teacher.

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    LocationWest Memphis, AR

    Description

    Responsibilities:

    • Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially introduced and outlined by teacher.
    • Work with students who may require behavioral management support.
    • Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing learning materials and skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
    • Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
    • Performs clerical, classroom maintenance, and instructional duties as assigned by the teacher.
    • Performs assigned supervision of students during meals, adaptive PE, extra-curricular activities, and other areas as assigned by the teacher.
    • Performs assigned non-instructional classroom duties, such as personal care needs, transitioning, and transporting.
    • Demonstrates ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students in school environment and community.
    • Participates in in-service training programs as approved.
    • Perform all duties assigned.

    Qualifications:

    • Associate's degree and/or 60 earned college hours and/or passed ParaPro Assessment with a score of 457
    • Prefer prior experience working with special needs children
    • Must be able to perform heavy lifting of students and equipment
    • Possess a strong desire to assist students with special needs in a learning environment