Long Term Paraprofessional Substitute

• Position Type:
    Substitute/Substitute Paraprofessional
  
  
• Date Posted:
    7/17/2025
  
  
• Location:
    Frances Willard Elementary School
  
    

JOB DESCRIPTION

Substitute Title/Building Paraprofessional 

POSITION INFORMATION:

POSITION TITLE

Building Paraprofessional 

DEPARTMENT

Teaching & Learning

LOCATION

RIMSD 41 - Schools

FULL-TIME/PART-TIME

Full-time 

APPOINTMENT TERM

FLSA:  EXEMPT or NON-EXEMPT

Non-Exempt

REPORTS TO:  TITLE of POSITION  SUPERVISOR

Building Principal  

OTHER INFORMATION

POSITION SUMMARY INFORMATION:  Essential Duties and Requirement Details

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements below represent the required knowledge, skill, and/or ability.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Position Summary:

Under the direction of the certified classroom teacher, the paraprofessional will assist by preparing tests, lesson assignments, gathering materials for assignments, maintaining records and files, and helping students individually and in groups.  In addition, the paraprofessional will reinforce concepts and classroom rules and serve as a role model.  

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Administers, scores, and records results of such achievement and diagnostic tests the teachers recommend for individual students.  

• Works with students individually or in small groups to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the classroom teacher.  

• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.  

• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.

• Helps students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.

• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction. 

• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher

• Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.  

• Facilitates large group activities such as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.

• Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.

• Assists students in the library or media center.

• Checks notebooks, corrects papers and supervises testing and make-up work as assigned by the teacher.

• Checks and records student attendance.

• Collects and records collection of money.

• Helps students with their clothing.

• Assists with lunch, snack, and clean-up routines. 

• Assists with wash-up and restroom routines.

• Alerts the classroom teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.

• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the regular teacher's absence.  

• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of certified teachers.  

Required Education:

Associate's degree or equivalent from a two-year College or technical school; or six months to one-year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Qualifications:

At least one year of related experience

Certifications, and Licenses:

Current Paraprofessional License for the State of Illinois or Substitute License

Required Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities

• Good knowledge of proper English grammar, spelling, and basic knowledge of mathematics 

• Ability to work with and for school-aged children

• Ability to follow written and oral instructions

• Ability to operate essential office equipment

• Ability to communicate effectively and demonstrate diplomacy when dealing with people and students

• Good oral and written communication skills

• Good reading skills

• Demonstrates diplomacy when working with parents

• Skilled in operating audio-visual equipment and personal computers is highly desirable.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.  The employee must frequently sit and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.  The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here represent those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and humid conditions and outside weather conditions.  The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
 

Acknowledgements:

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position.  Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.

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