Employment Opportunity Job Title: Paraprofessional SciTech Middle School JobType:Fulltime Contract Days:187 Days Reports to:Campus Principal Location:Wayside Schools Company Website: ABOUT WAYSIDE SCHOOLS:Wayside Schools is an openenrollment tuitionfree PreK312thgrade public charter school network that provides over 2200 scholars across its four South Austin campuses with a rigorous International Baccalaureate education. Since 2012 Wayside schools has striven to empower historically underserved scholars providing them with the instructional experiences academics skills intellectual habits and social and emotional competencies needed to become graduates from fouryear colleges and universities providing them with the access and opportunities they need to narrate their own futures and positively impact and empower the families and communities to which they belong. Job Goal: This employee is responsible for working with students in a secondary school setting. He or she will play a supporting role for contentarea teachers in helping scholars learn academic content. Qualifications/Education/Certification: - Bachelors Degree Associates Degree and/or Paraprofessional Certificate
- Proficiency in Spanish (preferred)
Skill Requirements: - Ability to work with individuals and small groups of scholars.
- Ability to maintain effective working relationships with all employees.
- Ability to prepare and maintain required program records.
- Ability to assist supervising instructional staff in the preparation and/or organization of materials.
- Meet all State and Federal requirements for the position regarding staff qualifications.
Performance Responsibilities: - Assisting teachers in preparing instructional materials to be used in the classroom.
- Working with assigned scholars under the teachers direction.
- Establishing and maintaining high standards of scholar behavior consistent with district and school policies.
- Attending schoolwide assemblies or special programs as needed.
- Performing other duties as assigned
Physical Effort and Work Environment: - Some movement throughout the classroom is generally necessary to facilitate learning (e.g. standing walking stooping bending sitting and/or kneeling).
- Light lifting of materials and other objects associated with a classroom environment is required (e.g. books teaching aids up to approximately 20 40 lbs..
- Field trips may be made.
- Candidate should be willing to contribute directly or indirectly to the development of children both inside and outside the classroom which may include working hours in addition to the regular school day.
- This position may involve rare exposure to blood or body fluids.
- Regular attendance is required for this position.
Benefits: - Health Insurance including major medical dental vision and life
- 10 Days Accrued Leave Per Year
- Professional Development and Coaching
- 403(b) plan
Additional Information: This job description is not an employment agreement or contract. Wayside Schools has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice. In accordance with applicable laws and Wayside Schools policies no person shall be excluded from consideration for recruitment selection appointment training promotion retention or any other personnel action or be denied any benefits or participation in any educational programs or activities which it operates on the grounds of race religion color national origin sex disability age or veteran status (except where age sex or disability constitutes a bona fide occupational qualification necessary to proper and efficient administration). All new employees must present proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States. The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.
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