Reports to: Principal

 

General Definition of Work: Performs duties related to assisting students with behavioral and educational support needs in the Positive Pathways classroom and other settings as needed. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to, behavior support, instructional activities, assisting students with academic support, data collection, establishing, preparing, and maintaining files and reports, assisting students with disabilities to meet behavioral and educational objectives, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the supervision of the classroom teacher and evaluated by the school principal.

 

Essential Functions:

• Assists classroom teacher(s) in performing specific duties as assigned or undertaking specialized tasks
• Assists in providing individual and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of students
• Assists in establishing and maintaining standards of student behavior; helps provide/reinforce classroom management; monitors students to keep them on tasks
• Assists the classroom teacher in creating an environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interest of the students
• Collect Data related to reinforcement and student behavior
• Provide behavior, educational support for the student in the Positive Pathway Setting or other assigned setting.
• Assists in establishing and maintaining standards of student behavior; helps provide/reinforce classroom management; monitors students to keep them on task
• Uses a variety of strategies/modalities to explain or communicate difficult concepts to student
• Supervises students in the hallways, classroom, cafeteria, and playground; escorts students between classrooms
• Performs clerical/organizational tasks, i.e., record keeping, ABC data collection, supports plans, laminates, files papers; organizes handouts for materials for activities.
• Checks students’ work for compliance with the teacher’s instructions; helps maintain individual records for each student
• Collects instructional and/or behavioral data pertaining to student performance.
• Directs vehicles and traffic during the arrival and departure of students to school; monitors children getting on and off buses
• Directs vehicles and traffic during the arrival and departure of students to school; monitors children getting on and off buses

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently requires sitting and occasionally requires standing and walking; work has standard vision requirements; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and observing general surroundings and activities; work occasionally requires exposure to bloodborne pathogens and bodily fluids and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic)

 

General knowledge of the behavior support practices, methods, and techniques used in the school environment; ability to maintain confidential files and information and to compile reports; skill in the use of classroom and instructional equipment; ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, parents, students, and the general public

 

A bachelor’s degree, an associate’s degree, or successful completion of the Paraprofessional test is required, and the completion of 40-hour RBT training is required.

 

Contract Period: 10 months

 

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

 

Amherst County Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer