Summary/Objective
Provide behavioral support and academic interventions to students in an alternative learning environment.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:
- Respond to all internal and external customers as it relates to the position in a prompt efficient friendly and patient manner.
- Perform clerical duties to assist the school office as time permits or as assigned.
- Develop implement and maintain opportunity room attendance and other related record-keeping procedures logs and files.
- Monitor activities of students assigned to In-School-Suspension (ISS); ensure students are involved in learning activities while in the opportunity room to include working on schoolwork assigned by classroom teachers; provide assistance to students in understanding and completing work/study assignments.
- Communicate with teachers regarding student suspensions behavior attendance and work assignments; develop and implement procedures to ensure that students assigned to the opportunity room get assignments from their teachers as well as books and supplies and that completed assignments are collected and submitted to teachers.
- Communicate with parents as assigned or as necessary; answer inquiries from parents; provide appropriate information regarding students attendance behavior and assignments.
- Maintain the confidentiality of protected student and staff member information even after no longer employed.
- Maintain knowledge of and adhere to all policies regulations and rules.
- Perform related duties as assigned in a safe and prudent manner.
Other Duties
This job description is not a comprehensive listing of duties responsibilities or activities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Competencies
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing with students teachers parents/guardians and others
- Ability to develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with others
- Ability to organize plan and prioritize work
- Ability to maintain accurate records
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality
- Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite and other programs as it relates to the position
- Ability to operate most standard office equipment
Supervisory Responsibility
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Work Environment
This job operates in a school environment.
Physical Demands
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.
- Ability to verbally communicate detect converse with discern convey express oneself and exchange information with faculty students and visitors regularly.
- Regularly required to be mobile climb or balance stoop kneel crouch or crawl
- Regularly reach with hands and arms
- Occasionally lift push and/or move up to 50 pounds
- Ability to utilize the sense of sight and hearing to constantly detect determine perceive identify recognize judge observe inspect estimate and assess details as needed to complete job functions regularly
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
At-Will Notice of Employment does not provide a guarantee of a particular schedule of work or a minimum number of days or hours.
This is a 9-month 40-hour per week position. This position is eligible for medical benefits. Employee will work ten hours per day Monday through Thursday during core business hours.
Required Education and Experience
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- AA degree 60 college credits from an accredited university or satisfactory results on an Arizona state-approved competency exam (ParaPro)
Preferred Education and Experience
Experience working with students or children
Required Certifications/Licenses
None
Work Authorization/Security Clearance
Must be able to pass a criminal background check and obtain a Fingerprint Clearance Card with an IVP number through the Arizona Department of Public Safety.