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Fort Howard School is seeking applicants for a Special Education Paraprofessional to join their team in the Cross Categorical area. This program supports students with skills and strategies for success in their classroom. The position includes a full benefit package with health, dental, and vision to name a few. This position will provide close adult supervision to students and may follow the students if they change schools.
The times may vary as you may be assigned to ride the school bus to support students. Your scheduled days of the week and hours are subject to change based upon the educational staffing and safety needs of the District.
Demonstrating sustained improvements in student learning, Fort Howard is a 4K- 5 Title 1/AGR Schoolwide project, ethnically diverse and focuses on growth and developing the whole child. Fort Howard is a school of "Challenge and Promise". All staff members will abide by the plans and focus the staff has put in place through our belief statements. Fort Howard has implemented a strategic support system for students'' academic, social, emotional and behavior needs.
Essential Functions:
Follows the Core Values of the Green Bay Area Public School District as driver of our words and actions.
Excellence, Engagement, Equity, Integrity, and Responsibility
The position will follow the standard Paraprofessional essential functions. The additional Special Education Paraprofessional essential functions are:
Education teacher.
Assists in devising special strategies for reinforcing learning materials and skills based on the students' needs, interests, and abilities.
Provide behavioral support by assisting teachers in maintaining discipline and encouraging acceptable behavior of students.
Assist with personal health care of students including changing diapers, toileting students, changing students' clothing, showering students, tube feeding, and catheterizing.
Transfer students in and out of holding and on/off buses, vans, etc.
Facilitate student's use of mobility equipment such as leg braces, walkers, mobile standers, and tricycles.
Assists teachers on field trips by helping students with physical and behavioral needs, and reinforcing learning situations.
Uses physical restraint or seclusion in compliance with state and federal law and District policies and procedures in instances where there is danger to the student or other students.
Responds to the physical and behavioral needs of students in cooperation with the bus driver, during transportation to/from school.
Administer first aid and provide basic nursing care as directed or authorized by a school nurse.
Assists with playground, lunchroom, noon-hour, and bus supervision.
Consults and collaborates with Special Education and Regular Education teachers, participating in IEP''s as requested.
Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct, including confidentiality.
Apply work-related legal issues concerning the education of children and youth.
Adheres and follows work-related health, safety, and emergency procedures and practices.
Maintains confidentiality in verbal, written, and electronic communications.
Working Conditions:
Work is predominantly in a classroom, school environment.
Work involves frequent disruptions of daily schedule, with flexibility to adjust to continuously changing situations.
Work involves frequent deadlines under pressure to complete assigned tasks in a timely manner.
Ability to work at a desk, conference table or in meetings of various configurations.
Ability to stand and circulate for extended periods of time.
Ability to communicate so others will be able to clearly understand normal conversation.
Ability to bend, twist, stoop, kneel, run, crawl, and reach in all directions.
Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.
| Location | MD |