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Duties

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Help teacher prepare and adapt instructional materials and classroom displays
• Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom
• Help with inventory, care, and maintenance
• Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports
• Help with inventory and care of all equipment including technology, books, supplies, and classroom materials
• Assist assigned student with disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting, or positioning.
• Assist student with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
• Participate in staff development, training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned.
• Help manage behavior of student. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed.
• Assume responsibility for learning and adapting student’s special educational, medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
• Work with individual student or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher.
• Help supervise assigned student throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom. This includes lunchroom, bus, and playground duty.
• Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of the student
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Maintain reliable and regular attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the teacher, principal, or other school personnel supervisor.

Qualifications

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Help teacher prepare and adapt instructional materials and classroom displays
• Help maintain a neat and orderly classroom
• Help with inventory, care, and maintenance
• Help teacher keep administrative records and prepare required reports
• Help with inventory and care of all equipment including technology, books, supplies, and classroom materials
• Assist assigned student with disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting, or positioning.
• Assist student with physical needs and personal care, including feeding, bathroom needs, and personal hygiene.
• Participate in staff development, training programs, faculty meetings, and special events as assigned.
• Help manage behavior of student. This includes intervening in crisis situations and restraining disruptive or dangerous student behavior as needed.
• Assume responsibility for learning and adapting student’s special educational, medical, physical, communicative, and emotional needs.
• Work with individual student or small groups to develop motor skills and conduct instructional exercises assigned by teacher.
• Help supervise assigned student throughout the school day, inside and outside the classroom. This includes lunchroom, bus, and playground duty.
• Keep teacher informed of special needs or problems of the student
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Maintain reliable and regular attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the teacher, principal, or other school personnel supervisor.

Salary/Benefits

SALARY RANGE
Salary will be regionally competitive and based upon experience

BENEFITS
District offers competitive fringe benefits; including life, health, dental and vision insurance

Additional Notes

JOB TITLE:             Paraprofessional (Pre K)
REPORTS TO:        Building Principal

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• The work year for this position is 180 days.
• Salary is in accordance with the SPA contract.    
• Must be able to sit or stand for prolonged periods of time.
• Occasionally requires physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, push, or pull heavy objects or materials.
• Occasionally requires physical exertion to restrain a student based on the CPI model
• Occasional stooping, bending, and reaching

How to Apply

Applicants MUST meet the requirements for a paraprofessional approval issued by the Illinois State Board of Education to obtain a Paraprofessional Certification.

Link to District/Third Party Online Application Web Page

https://www.applitrack.com/phsd144/OnlineApp/default.aspx

Email Address

www.phsd144.net

School District

https://www.phsd144.net

Position Website

https://www.phsd144.net

City Website

https://www.phsd144.net

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Report Card Link

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