Behavior Learning Paraprofessional
Behavior Learning Paraprofessional
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Position: Special Education Behavior/Instructional Paraprofessional
Campus: Dunbar Middle School
Wage/Hour Status: Nonexempt
Immediate Supervisor(s): Campus Principal and Executive Director of Special Programs
Pay Grade:Per Compensation Manual
Days Employed:Per Compensation Manual
POSITION SUMMARY:
- Provide direct student assistance for physical and instructional needs in a special/general education setting
- Implement the CPI framework forcrisis prevention verbal deescalation and physical restraints
- Assist as directed with classroom programs selfhelp/selfcare behavior management and instruction programs. Work under the general supervision of the director principal and immediate direction of a certified teacher.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education/Certification:
- High School Diploma or GED
- Must have completed at least 30 college hours; OR
- Met a rigorous standard of quality demonstrated through a formal State or local academic assessment
- Valid Texas educational aide certificate
- Current CPI training
Special Required Knowledge/Skills to meet Essential Functions:
- Ability to work with childrenwho have emotional and behavioral disabilities while maintaining a calm demeanor
- Ability to communicate effectively including maintaining descriptive behavioral data
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions
- Must be willing to participate in and successfully complete/maintain crisis intervention training
- Must be able to effectively manage the mental demands and stress associated with the responsibilities and duties listed below
- Must be willing to participate in and successfully complete TBSI Training
- Physical ability to lift/maneuver students with significantly impaired independent mobility or who are engaged in behavior that is endangering self/others
- Knowledge of general office equipment and MS Office and Google Drive systems
Experience:
- Recent experience working with students with emotional and behavioral disabilities autism spectrum disorder intellectual/developmental disabilities or physical disabilities
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
Student Management:
- Assist with the behavior management of students. This includes intervening in crisis situations restraining dangerous students as needed and recording data.
- Work with individual students or small groups to develop prosocial schoolappropriate behavioral skills and conduct instructional exercises supervised by the classroom teacher including modifying work appropriately
- Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each students special medical physical communicative and emotional needs including alternative forms of communication such as pictures signs gestures and special equipment
- Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs including transferring to and from wheelchairs lifting or positioning(Minimum of 50 lbs.
- Assist students with physical needs and personal care including feeding bathroom needs and personal hygiene
- Work with individual students or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by the teacher including modifying work appropriately
- Help supervise students through the school day inside and outside the classroom. This may include student supervision on the bus and other school settings (lunchroom playground gym etc)
- Keep the teacher informed of the special needs of individual students
- Support and participate in extracurricular activities as needed
Instructional Support:
- Assist the teacher and follow teacher instructions in the preparation of instructional materials
- Assist with restoring the classroom setting as needed following classroom disruption incidents
- Assist with inventory care and maintenance of equipment
- Provide orientation and assistance to substitute teachers regarding the special needs of the assigned student (s)
Other:
- Maintain FERPA and HIPAA confidentiality
- Participate in staff development training programs faculty meetings and special events as assigned
- Perform other duties as assigned
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS PER PROGRAM:
Individual Student Paraprofessional Requirements:
- Maintain structure and a schedule for students
- Assist students with behavioral physical or academic tasks
- Lifting and restroom assistance (may include assistance with feminine hygiene)
- Demonstrate a willingness to be coached on specific interventions for managing the students academics behavior and daily activities
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to set up academic and technology supports that are individualized for the students
- Maintain a professional rapport with the students teachers campus administration and director by asking relevant questions about support or assistance
- Demonstrate proficiency in operating a Hoyer lift and related equipment
- Physically transport the student from one location to the next
EQUIPMENT USED:
- A wheelchair lift ramp personal computer copier and audiovisual equipment.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
- Variable work environments and daily schedule
- Maintain emotional control under stress
- Frequent standing stooping bending kneeling pushing and pulling; regular heavy lifting of students. The strength required to operate the Hoyer lift and related equipment.
- Frequent longdistance walks are required for transitioning students between classrooms
- Must be able to physically restrain a child as well as use handoverhand techniques
- Biological exposure to bacteria and communicable disease
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
