TRUMBULL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Trumbull, Connecticut
INSTRUCTIONAL PARAPROFESSIONAL
Accountability:
A paraprofessional is directly responsible to the building principal, the special
education department chairman and/or the classroom teacher.
General Job Description:
An instructional paraprofessional assists teacher with the delivery of specific
instructional/behavioral tasks, activities,
or assessments with individual or small groups
of students.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Assist in arrival and departure routines i.e. meeting students at the bus.
- Assists students with transitioning from class to class or activity to
activity.
- Assists students with organization of materials and assignments.
- Assists students at lunch, recess or in the hallways.
- Assists classroom or resource teachers with preparing or generating
student materials.
- Assist students with daily living activities i.e. toileting, hand and face
washing, dressing etc.
- Provides direct curriculum instruction from teacher prepared materials.
- Provides curricula assistance within the general education setting and/or
the special education resource setting.
- Tracks or monitors student progress in academic and/or behavioral areas
using teacher prepared data sheets.
- Shares academic/behavioral information about students with classroom
and resource teachers.
- Maintains professional confidentiality when working with individual or
small groups of students.
- Demonstrates a high level of commitment to supporting the educational
and behavioral needs of students in his/her charge.
- Attends district
paraprofessional workshops.
- Performs other duties as requested by the building principal, department
chairman or classroom teacher.
Qualifications:
Minimum of a high school degree or some college credit for substitute
paraprofessional positions.
Sixty credits of post-secondary work or successful completion of the Para
Pro Test for permanent hires.
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