Certificated Paraprofessional ISSRecovery Room (26-27 School Year)

The ISS/Recovery RoomParaprofessional provides supervision and instructional facilitation for students assigned to the ISS/Recovery Room at our alternative K-12 schoolLewis & Clark Academy.

This position is 179 days per year with 7.5 hours daily. Full time position comes with district-paid health insurance. Hours for the building are 7:30-3:00.

Requires a minimum of 36 credit hours issued by an accredited college or university or must complete the online Frontline course in order to be eligible for and hold a Missouri substitute certificate or a Missouri teaching certificate.

The ideal candidate will be adept at building positive relationships with students experienced at implementing effective classroom management strategies and able to assist students with a variety of coursework and to help them process their behaviors in order todevelop positive behavioral and/or social skills.

Purpose Statement

The job of Paraprofessional - ISS/Recovery Room is done for the purpose/s of providing support to the instructional program with specific responsibility for overseeing students referred to the Recovery Room; maintaining a safe and quiet environment; assisting students in assessing their behavior; and providing information to teachers parents and/or other personnel.

This job reports to the Principal

Essential Functions

• Assists students with Recovery Room positive actions (e.g. think sheets letter of apologies student success plans etc.) for the purpose of ensuring actions are completed.
• Attends meetings (e.g. team etc.) for the purpose of acquiring and/or conveying information relative to job functions.
• Compiles data for the purpose of preparing reports.
• Maintains confidential and non-confidential manual and electronic documents files and records (e.g. time sheets student success plans Recovery visits etc.) for the purpose of providing accurate information in compliance with established administrative guidelines.
• Monitors students during assigned periods (e.g. Recovery Room cafeteria etc.) for the purpose of providing a safe and positive learning environment.
• Prepares written documents and reports (e.g. monthly and yearly reports etc.) for the purpose of communicating information to teachers parents and administration.
• Provides verbal and/or written feedback of observations for the purpose of informing teacher/s and/or parents of students progress.
• Reports health and safety issues to assigned administrator and appropriate agencies (e.g. fights suspected child or substance abuse inappropriate social behaviors etc.) for the purpose of maintaining students personal safety a positive learning environment and complying with regulatory requirements and established guidelines.
• Responds to inquiries from a variety of sources (e.g. students teachers administrators and/or parents etc.) for the purpose of solving problems providing information and/or directing to other sources.

Job Requirements: Minimum Qualifications

Skills Knowledge and Abilities

SKILLS are required to perform multiple tasks with a potential need to upgrade skills in order to meet changing job conditions. Specific skill based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: operating standard office equipment including pertinent software applications.

KNOWLEDGE is required to perform basic math including calculations using fractions percents and/or ratios; read a variety of manuals write documents following prescribed formats and/or present information to others; and analyze situations to define issues and draw conclusions. Specific knowledge based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: behavior and crisis management techniques; instruction techniques; and stages of child development.

ABILITY is required to schedule activities; collate data; and use basic job-related equipment. Flexibility is required to work with others in a variety of circumstances; work with data utilizing specific defined processes; and operate equipment using defined methods. Ability is also required to work with a wide diversity of individuals; work with specific job-related data; and utilize job-related equipment. Problem solving is required to identify issues and create action plans. Problem solving with data requires independent interpretation of guidelines; and problem solving with equipment is limited to moderate. Specific ability based competencies required to satisfactorily perform the functions of the job include: maintaining confidentiality; working with frequent interruptions; communicating in a positive non-threatening manner; and building effective relationships.

Responsibility

Responsibilities include: working under limited supervision following standardized practices and/or methods; leading guiding and/or coordinating others; operating within a defined budget. Utilization of some resources from other work units may be required to perform the jobs functions. There is a continual opportunity to have some impact on the organizations services.

Working Environment

The usual and customary methods of performing the jobs functions require the following physical demands: some lifting carrying pushing and/or pulling some stooping kneeling crouching and/or crawling and significant fine finger dexterity. Generally the job requires 40% sitting 40% walking and 20% standing. The job is performed under conditions with some exposure to risk of injury and/or illness.

FLSA Status

Non Exempt

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority