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Para-Professional at Downtown College Prep (DCP)

Application Deadline

4/20/2023 11:55 PM Pacific

Date Posted
3/31/2023
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Number of Openings
2

Add'l Salary Info

Based on experience: Starting at $22
Length of Work Year
2022-2023
Employment Type
Full Time

About the Employer

Downtown College Prep (DCP) prepares first-generation students for college success. DCP was the first charter school in Silicon Valley and currently operates two high schools and two middle schools in San Jose, CA. DCP currently serves 1750 students in grades 5-12 and provides college coaching, mentoring, and college scholarships to over 400 alumni. Downtown College Prep was founded with the belief that all students, regardless of background and prior academic achievement, can and should be prepared for college success. Our vision is to ensure that more first-generation students have the vision, confidence, and academic skills to succeed in college and beyond, realizing their fullest potential and harnessing their power to become leaders in their field and community. Do you have a passion for social justice through educational attainment? Consider DCP's Operating Principles and join our team: STUDENTS FIRST - We believe in every student’s capacity to succeed and stay focused by asking “What’s best for kids?” PASSION - We take steps to see this work as more than a job by pushing ourselves to learn and improve. TRUST - We take risks to be vulnerable, authentic and empathetic while assuming best intentions. SERVICE - We support one another, maintain perspective through challenges and seek ways to be helpful. OPTIMISM - We show gratitude by celebrating the small and big wins, and maintaining a vision of success. HUMILITY - We choose to be self-aware and reflective so that all perspectives are valued without judgment.

Job Summary

Job Summary

To assist teacher(s) and/or other certificated personnel by performing a variety of instructional support duties to individual or small groups of Special Education pupils in a classroom or resource environment encompassing a range of physical, emotional, intellectual, and communication disabilities; to assist in the establishment and maintenance of appropriate classroom and site behavior; and to perform a routine of clerical tasks as assigned.

Requirements / Qualifications

Requirements / Qualifications

- Proficiency in usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation of standard English - Knowledge of basic concepts of child development and behavior - Effective record-keeping practices and procedures - Knowledge of academic content in all subject areas grades 6-8. - Knowledge of behavior intervention techniques and strategies - Ability to establish positive and healthy relationships among youth - Ability to learn methods and procedures to be followed in assigned special education classroom/program - Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions - Can effectively supervise assigned special education students in a variety of situations and maintain emotional control under difficult and emergency situations - Maintain a variety of records related to the activities and operations of assigned special education classroom/program in a confidential manner as appropriate - Ability to recognize and report safety hazards; learn, understand and adhere to laws, rules, practices, and procedures related to public education for pupils and those related to the specific program - Ability to exercise tact, diplomacy, and good judgment in dealing with special education students - Ability to effectively and tactfully communicate in both oral and written forms - Ability to maintain confidentiality of records or discussions - Ability to assist teachers and administrators in dealing with behavior - Can meet the physical requirements necessary to safely and effectively perform required duties - Fluency in Spanish highly preferred. - Possession of a high school diploma or its equivalent and at least 48 college semester units earned at an institution of higher learning; OR - Possession of a high school diploma or its equivalent and possession of a degree earned at an institution of higher learning;

  • Letter of Introduction
  • Resume

    - Proficiency in usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation of standard English - Knowledge of basic concepts of child development and behavior - Effective record-keeping practices and procedures - Knowledge of academic content in all subject areas grades 6-8. - Knowledge of behavior intervention techniques and strategies - Ability to establish positive and healthy relationships among youth - Ability to learn methods and procedures to be followed in assigned special education classroom/program - Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions - Can effectively supervise assigned special education students in a variety of situations and maintain emotional control under difficult and emergency situations - Maintain a variety of records related to the activities and operations of assigned special education classroom/program in a confidential manner as appropriate - Ability to recognize and report safety hazards; learn, understand and adhere to laws, rules, practices, and procedures related to public education for pupils and those related to the specific program - Ability to exercise tact, diplomacy, and good judgment in dealing with special education students - Ability to effectively and tactfully communicate in both oral and written forms - Ability to maintain confidentiality of records or discussions - Ability to assist teachers and administrators in dealing with behavior - Can meet the physical requirements necessary to safely and effectively perform required duties - Fluency in Spanish highly preferred. - Possession of a high school diploma or its equivalent and at least 48 college semester units earned at an institution of higher learning; OR - Possession of a high school diploma or its equivalent and possession of a degree earned at an institution of higher learning;

    • Letter of Introduction
    • Resume