2024-25 PARAPROFESSIONAL

4 weeks ago


Winfield IL USA, United States DuPage County ROE Full time
Position Type:
Support Staff/Teacher Assistant

Date Posted:
2/29/2024

Location:
Winfield School District 34

Date Available:
08/2024

Closing Date:
08/2024

District:
Winfield School District 34 - website
Position: Paraprofessional

Description

Under the supervision of a Principal, Director of Student Services, or other administrator Paraprofessionals assist, support, and work closely with teachers, administrators, and other team members in providing educational benefit for students.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree or Paraprofessional/Teacher Aide Statement of Approval
  • Previous experience in a school setting preferred
  • Candidates must possess strong collaborative, communication, organizational and computer skills

Rate of Pay

Commensurate with qualifications and experience aligned to Winfield 34 Paraprofessional Salary Determination process. Between $17,640 and $22,149 for full 180 days of employment

Work Calendar

180 school days including all student days and 3 days for training

Hours

Position hours are 8:00 am - 3:30 pm (7 hour work day with a 30 minute unpaid lunch)

Essential Job Responsibilities:
  • Demonstrates ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students in school environment and community
  • Helps to maintain a positive classroom environment, utilize appropriate language, interactions and positive discipline and model positive behavior
  • Maintains order with the students and comply with and assist in teachers' methods of maintaining classroom discipline
  • Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of concepts or skills initially introduced and outlined by certified staff
  • Encourages students to function as a member of the group by involving other students in activities and encouraged independence and self-help skills
  • Circulates and monitors student work, and proctors assessments as assigned by the certified staff
  • Assists students with lessons and assignments in a variety of classroom learning experiences. This includes classrooms lead by homeroom teachers, content area teachers, LBS teachers, and specials teachers.
  • Adapts classroom activities to the capabilities of the student
  • Implements age and developmentally appropriate activities
  • Implements individual program
  • Assists teachers and students with organizational needs in the classrooms
  • Assists in maintaining individual student's progress records for review and program planning
  • Redirects parental questions/concerns to supervisors
  • Participates in team meetings as warranted and communicates and shares ideas and concerns with supervisors
  • Performs assigned supervision of students during before school, after school, lunch periods, play periods, hallways and all other supervision needs
  • Works as a member of the students' team
  • Performs clerical, classroom maintenance, and instructional duties as assigned
  • Alerts the certified staff to any problems, concerns, or special information about an individual student
  • Maintains a safe working environment
  • Continues to improve expertise and job related skills. Engages in professional development activities
  • Receives the students from the bus, parentxs' cars, and other forms of transportation. Ensures that students are picked up after school
  • Conducts prescribed therapeutic and exercise programs for physically exceptional students
  • Participates in all facets of the program designed to develop the language, independence, mobility and self-help skills of students
  • Demonstrates proficiency of technology skills necessary to successfully carry out duties as well as assisting individual students utilizing any assistive technology to support their instruction
  • Attends to personal needs of students in the program. (i.e. feeding, toileting, clothing, general care, secures students in walkers or other equipment, moves or positions students)
  • Monitors students for health problems issues when applicable
  • Cleans and stores materials and equipment after use
  • Some lifting of students, equipment, or materials may be required, not to exceed forty (40) pounds. Lifting of over forty (40) pounds will require the assistance of another adult
  • Performs other such duties/assignments as directed by supervisors

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