School Paraprofessional
1 week ago
Duties of the Paraprofessional/Instructional Aide include:
Helping the teachers plan and implement classroom activities
- Preparing by becoming familiar with course texts and materials
- Taking on duties as assigned by classroom teachers and administrative staff
- Working one on one with individual students as assigned by the classroom teachers
- Assist teachers by providing some secretarial assistance (e.g. making copies, typing necessary teacher generated classroom materials, etc.)
- Communicate with teachers about students’ needs and progress
In addition, all team members must show evidence that he or she lives these values:
- Base all decision-making on what is best for students what lends the greatest integrity to the academic program and what supports the school’s values-based philosophy.
- Seek out knowledge to improve teaching skills: read educational journals, learn about content area subject matter; probe more deeply into the programs being used in the classroom and school. Learn about and reflect on Lasallian pedagogy and implement it in the classroom.
- Use “good judgment” in all cases taking ownership for professional behavior and accept correction from the principal and/or administrative team when they deem it necessary.
- Be obsessed about holding self and students to high expectations.
- Be relentless in ensuring the students that you teach achieve academic success.
- Believes and accepts the responsibility that you are the primary driver for your students’ academic success.
- Nurture an environment that is studious, quiet when appropriate, disciplined, focused and on task.
- Establish and follow through on classroom routines and procedures.
- Share thoughts, inspiration and business with colleagues especially grade or department level team.
- Keep self and space neat and clean and dress professionally.
- Address conflict as soon as it arises with another staff member appropriately and not in front of children; use good communication skills to address issues privately, respectfully, professionally and quickly.
- Work independently without having to be “watched” and communicate and strengthen grade or departmental team relationships by working collaboratively and in a way that fosters individual accountability for each person.
- Teach students social graces (e.g. “yes” instead of “uh-huh”, “no” instead of “uh-uh”, “please”, “thank you”, “may I”) that will empower them to interact with any person in a mature and socially accepted manner.
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