Safe School Assistant

Salary:$16.00
Calendar:179

Paraprofessionals must meetoneof the following qualifications:

• Have 2 years of college credits or
• Have a college degree or
• Pass theParaProPraxis Assessment with a score of 457 or higher or the Idaho Paraprofessional Testing Alternative with a score of 75% or higher.

Idaho Paraprofessional Testing Alternative dates are offered throughout the year for West Ada Paraprofessionals. If you do not meet the college credit/degree requirement or have not yet passed the Praxis you will be signed up for the Idaho Paraprofessional Assessment upon hire. The test must be passed within90 daysof your start date.

If you have questionsregardingthe Idaho Paraprofessional Testing Alternative please contact Caitlin Bothke at or .

Please upload your transcript and/or Praxis scores.


Purpose
Provides disciplinary supervision to secondary school students; performs related work asrequired.

Performance Responsibilities
The primary function of an employee in this class is toassistteachers and administrators by providing disciplinary supervision and supervising a disciplinary program for designated secondary school students. The position provides tutoring and supplemental instruction for students. The position is differentiated from the Elementary Safe School Assistant position by the maturity in age and size of the subject students andsubsequentmore serious nature and consequences of aggression and behavior interventions. The position is supervised by the building Principal ora Vice-Principal. The primary duties of the position are performed in a classroom and detention room environment includingexposurethe physical hazards of disruptive and aggressive students.

Essential Duties

• Monitors designated students requiring disciplinary supervision;
• Supervises an in-school disciplinary classroom study hall or other designated suspension or detention facility including coordinating assignments with teachers;
• Assiststeachers administrators parents and students in preparing and implementing a disciplinary or behavior modification plan;
• Assiststeachers in removing disruptive students from a classroom cafeteria school grounds or other building area asrequired;
• Prepares andmaintainsdocuments reports records files and related documentation of student activities violations progress and behaviors;
• Initiates andmaintainscontact with parents on student activities incidents behaviors and violations andsubsequentschool actions;
• Mayassiststudents with classroom and homework assignments tutoring or other supplemental instruction;
• Assistsstudents with behavior modification conflictmanagementand resolution making correct choices recognizing consequences and other related social skills;
• Assiststeachers with reports and documentation;
• Performs school grounds lunchroom hallway parking lot and other monitoring and safety duties as assigned;
• Maintains student and District confidentiality;
• Performs all work duties and activitiesin accordance withDistrict policiesproceduresand safety practices.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• May supervise a classroom in the absence of a teacher;
• Performs other related duties asrequired.

Knowledge of:

• School and District rules codes standards and expected student behaviors;
• School and District policies on discipline behavior modification and punishment including suspension;
• Disciplinary and behavior modification methods techniques andobjectives;
• Conflict resolution and mediation techniques methods andobjectives;
• Basic educational procedures andobjectives including classroom instruction and presentation preparation of teaching materials and aids classroom management testing and grading tutoring and student-teacher relations and interactions;
• Operation of classroom instructional equipment;
• Operation of standard office equipment including a personal computer.

Ability to:

• Follow written and oral instructions andobserveDistrict policies and procedures;
• Monitor and handle or remove students presenting disruptive aggressive or other disciplinary or safety problems;
• Investigate and resolve student conflicts;
• Prepare implement and document behavior modification plans and programs;
• Monitor and supervise students in suspension detention study hall or related separation facilities;
• Preparemaintain and present required student and program reports records and documentation;
• Maintain student and District confidentiality;
• Operate classroom instructional equipment standard office equipment and a personal computer using programsappropriate toassigned duties;
• Establish andmaintaineffective working relationships with students teachers and staff members and other District personnel;
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
• Demonstrate integrityingenuityand inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalentrequired; and
• Classroom or other instructional experience is preferred; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the knowledge and abilities necessary to perform the work.

Essential Physical Abilities

• Sufficient clarity of speech and hearing with or without reasonable accommodation whichpermitsthe employee to discern verbal instructions communicate effectively in person and to hear sounds within the normal range of conversation;
• Sufficient visual acuity with or without reasonable accommodation whichpermitsthe employee tocomprehendwritten work instructions andcomprehend review and prepare a variety of written and text documents and materials;
• Sufficient manual dexterity with or without reasonable accommodation whichpermitsthe employee tooperateclassroom instruction equipment and office equipment including a personal computer;
• Sufficient personal mobility agility strength and reflexes with or without reasonable accommodation which permits the employee to stand or sit for long periods of time be able to lift up to 20 pounds physically restrain a student and work in a detention and classroom environment.

Evaluation
Yearly by supervisor

Terms of Employment
To bedeterminedby calendar year.
Regular attendance is an essential function of this job.

• If you are chosen for thispositionyour employment with theDistrictwould be at will. Employment at Will means that the employee or theDistrictmayterminatetheemployment relationship with or without cause and with or without notice at any time.
• As per Idaho Code 65-5-1/65-503: Eligible veterans are provided advantages in public employment in Idaho