Job Title:                    Personal Aide/Paraprofessional

Department:              Instruction

Reports to:                 Principal/Special Education Director

  

 

Summary

A personal aide provides non-instructional services to students necessary for the student to access the district’s facilities and programs.  These services may include ambulatory, eating and toileting assistance. 

 

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, skills and abilities required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

An individual who holds this position must:

Assist students with disabilities according to their individualized needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting, or positioning

Assist students with physical care including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene

Assist in managing the behavior of students

Keep the teacher informed of any special needs or problems of individual students

Maintain confidentiality of information about children and their families in accordance with Board policy and law

Participate in staff development training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as requested by administration

Help supervise arrival and departure of students to which he or she is assigned.

Follow instructions from teachers and administrators

 

Supervisory Duties

Possible aide on a bus as needed

 

Qualifications

Education

60 hours Associate Degree or the ability to become a certified Substitute

 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Ability to become a certified Substitute

 

Skills and Abilities

Language

An individual who holds this position must have the ability to:

Read and comprehend simple written and oral instructions, short correspondence and memos

Write short correspondence and memos

Communicate one on one and in small groups

 

 

Reasoning

An individual who holds this position must have the ability to:

Understand and follow verbal and written instructions 

Occasionally solve problems involving concrete variables within standardized situations

 

Technology

Basic computer skills 

 

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 essential functions.

 

Physical Demands

An individual who holds this position:

Is frequently required to stand, stoop, bend, and kneel

May have to use therapeutic restraint

Will regularly lift students

Must have both close and distance vision

 

Attendance

Consistent and regular attendance is an essential function of this position.

 

The work conditions and environment described here are representative of those that 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.

 

Conditions and Environment

The individual who holds this position will regularly work in a school environment that is noisy and active.  Occasionally, the individual will be required to work outdoors for short periods of time to perform such tasks as loading and unloading students from district transportation and supervising recess.

 

Position open until filled.