Special Education Paraprofessional at Our Community School

Job Summary

Job Summary

Our Community School is a caring school that prides itself on honoring all students in our full inclusion educational program. As a Sped Para, you will: - participate in data collection on behaviors as part of the behavior support plan development and implementation. - records such data, case notes, and other pertinent information in the Welligent system as described by the IEP. - complete and turn in Monthly Service Logs to the school’s Welligent Clerk at the start of each month for the previous month of service. - assist teachers in maintaining an environment conducive to learning and encouraging appropriate behavior by the students using a consistent team approach. - assist teachers in carrying out positive reinforcement procedures and reactive strategies identified in the behavior support plan, such as prompting students to switch to functionally equivalent replacement behavior and debriefing during the school day. - assist teachers in working with students who may be demonstrating such behaviors as hitting, biting, scratching, running, or tantrum-like behaviors and work as a team member to find strategies to redirect the behavior appropriately. - be under the direction of the teacher and Behavior Implementation Developer to support goals specified in the behavior support plan on the IEP. - assist students with toileting needs as necessary, including but not limited to, the creation of toileting schedules, changing soiled clothing, and tracking toileting success on data sheets if necessary. - help students to utilize and organize materials including but not limited to books, classroom materials, and equipment. - assist teachers in implementing lessons or portions of lessons to a student or group of students, checks for accuracy of work, and presents additional assignments as directed by the teacher. - maintains the overall safety of students.

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