Job Description
Job
Title: Elementary Preschool
Paraprofessional
Department: Elementary Education/Title I Department
Reports
To: Principal/Title I Director
FLSA
Status:
Non Exempt
Salary Schedule: SX lane 01
Prepared
By: Human Resources Position Management
Specialist
Prepared
Date: November 18, 2013
Approved
By: Human Resources Director
Approved
Date: November 18, 2013
SUMMARY
Assists the Elementary Preschool Instructional
Paraprofessional in maintaining appropriate classroom activities and
environment in order that students may learn effectively.
ESSENTIAL
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include the following. Other duties
may be assigned. Regular attendance and
timeliness is an essential job function to perform the essential duties and
responsibilities of the position.
Provides instructional support assistance to preschool
students and student groups.
Operates various types of office equipment such
as computers, copy machines, etc.
Participates
in the development, maintenance and carrying out of systems for classroom
management.
Guides students in working and interacting
harmoniously with other students.
Complies with established district policies and
procedures.
SUPERVISORY
RESPONSIBILITIES
This
job has no supervisory responsibilities.
QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual
must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements
listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability
required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must demonstrate an
acceptable level of maturity, good judgment, and emotional stability.
Previous
experience in a public school setting preferred. The ability to operate office machines,
perform routine record keeping functions, and establish and maintain effective
working relationships with co-workers, teachers, students, and the public preferred.
EDUCATION
and/or EXPERIENCE
Associate's degree (A. A.) or 48 semester hours from an accredited college/university or passing results (460) on the
ETS Para Professional Assessment.
CERTIFICATES,
LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
This
position does not require any certifications or licenses.
LANGUAGE
SKILLS
Ability to communicate effectively and help
others. Ability to meet and
interact with teachers and students with tact, courtesy, and discretion.
MATHEMATICAL
SKILLS
Ability
to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of
measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate,
ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
REASONING
ABILITY
Ability
to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved
written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in
standardized situations. Ability to maintain discipline among students. Ability to conduct learning
activities with small groups of students. Ability to work
independently at routine tasks.
PHYSICAL
DEMANDS The physical demands described here are
representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform
the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While
performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use
hands to handle, or feel, and talk or hear.
The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands
and arms. The employee is occasionally
required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or
smell. The employee must regularly lift
and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25
pounds. Specific vision abilities
required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision,
peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK
ENVIRONMENT: The work environment
characteristics described here are representative of those an employee
encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform
the essential functions.
While
performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in outside
weather conditions. The noise level in
the work environment is usually moderate.