Description of work: To work closely with student (s) under the direction of a teacher in an effort to facilitate the progress of the student in meeting the goals stated and to provide other instructional and support assistance as required by the teacher.
Duties:
- Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning.
- Inform the teacher of any problems or special information about students.
- Participate in in-service training programs, as assigned.
- Work with students in independent study, skills work, and remedial work assigned by the teacher.
- Other related duties may be assigned
- Experience working with students with special needs preferred
- Demonstrated aptitude for the work to be performed
- Assist in gathering data on students
- Discrete trial implementation and data collection
- Safety care training which will be provided by WSPS
Qualifications:
*Associates Degree or 48 college credits attained, or WorkKeys completed
*Demonstrated aptitude for the work to be performed
*Experience working with students with autism
*Background in ABA
*Such alternatives found to be appropriate
Salary: Commensurate with the West Springfield Paraprofessional (Unit D) contract (Hourly Pay Range: $17.67/hour - $22.96/hour)