Sullivan 1:1 Special Education Paraprofessional

Sullivan Elementary School is searching for candidates for a 1:1 Special Education Paraprofessionals in the ID classroom. This position will follow the student should they move to a different school.

Our Sullivan learning community is rich in diversity, size, and passion. With collaboration being the heart of our learning community, we provide high quality learning experiences to enrich the linguistic, emotional, social, physical, and academic development of all our learners. Our teamwork, our bilingual, special education, and talent development programs, our school-wide trauma invested practices and strategic interventions enhance learning for our students. We value, recognize, and intentionally nurture partnerships with parents and families. Working together to bring out the best in one another as learners, leaders, and caring and compassionate people is our passion.

The hours are 7.5 hours per day, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Your scheduled days of the week, and hours, are subject to change based upon the educational, staffing, and safety needs of the District. You may also be asked to ride the bus to supervise students. This position typically aligns with the student calendar and your scheduled workdays will follow the student calendar.

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:

1. Provide instructional support by working individually or in small groups of students with learning, cognitive, emotional, or physical disabilities, to reinforce

learning of materials or skills initially introduced and outlined by the Special Education teacher.

2. Assists in devising special strategies for reinforcing learning materials and skills based on the students' needs, interests, and abilities.

3. Provide behavioral support by assisting teachers in maintaining discipline and encouraging acceptable behavior of students.

4. Assist with personal health care of students including changing diapers, toileting students, changing students' clothing, showering students, tube feeding, and catheterizing.

5. Transfer students in and out of holding and on/off buses, vans, etc.

6. Facilitate student's use of mobility equipment such as leg braces, walkers, mobile standers, and tricycles.

7. Assists teachers on field trips by helping students with physical and behavioral needs, and reinforcing learning situations.

8. 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.

9. Responds to the physical and behavioral needs of students in cooperation with the bus driver, during transportation to/from school.

10. Administer first aid and provide basic nursing care as directed or authorized by a school nurse.

11. Assists with playground, lunchroom, noon-hour, and bus supervision.

12. Consults and collaborates with Special Education and Regular Education teachers, participating in IEP''s as requested.

13. Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.

14. Practice ethical and professional standards of conduct, including confidentiality.

15. Apply work-related legal issues concerning the education of children and youth.

16. Adheres and follows work-related health, safety, and emergency procedures and practices.

17. Maintains confidentiality in verbal, written, and electronic communications.

Working Conditions:

1. Work is predominantly in a classroom, school environment.

2. Work involves frequent disruptions of daily schedule, with flexibility to adjust to continuously changing situations.

3. Work involves frequent deadlines under pressure to complete assigned tasks in a timely manner.

4. Ability to work at a desk, conference table or in meetings of various configurations.

5. Ability to stand and circulate for extended periods of time.

6. Ability to communicate so others will be able to clearly understand normal conversation.

7. Ability to bend, twist, stoop, kneel, run, crawl, and reach in all directions.

8. Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds.

The Green Bay Public School District is keeping safety and wellness of our staff, students, and community our priority. This means that we may be facilitating phone and/or virtual interviews for the position.