POSITION TITLE: Para-professional (Teacher's Aide)
REPORTS TO: Building Principal
Supervising Classroom Teacher
QUALIFICATIONS:
Required Experience or Training
Must hold · Educator License with Stipulations - Paraprofessional (ELS PARA)
Desired Experience or Training
Bachelor's Degree
Previous experience as ateacher's aide
*NOTE: A current résumé & certificate must be uploaded with your application
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Provide extra assistance to students with special needs, such as non-English speaking students or those with physical and mental disabilities
2. Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers
3. Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums or on field trips
4. Enforce administration policies and rules governing students
5. Observe students' performance and record relevant data to assess progress
6. Discuss assigned duties with classroom teachers to coordinate instructional efforts
7. Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage
8. Present subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers using lectures, discussions or supervised role-playing methods
9. Organize and label materials and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their eye levels and perceptual skills
10. Distribute tests and homework assignments and collect them when they are completed
11. Be a positive role model for students
12. Perform other duties as directed by the Building Principals, Grade Level Principal and the supervising classroom teacher
Proviso Township High Schools District 209 does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, and other protected categories as set forth in Board Policy 5:10.