Special Education Program Paraprofessional

Ignite your desire to be the best!

Imagine an energy so positive, so powerful, it ignites your desire to be the best, inspires you to bring out the best in others, and fuels your aspiration to do the best work of your career.

At Legacy Traditional Schools we do things a special way, in a way that ignites our desire to be the best, illuminates our educators’ best talents, lights up the minds of our students, and fuels our school spirit. We shine the brightest when we raise our hands and rise to the challenge of changing lives through education, cultivating bright curious minds, achieving award-winning results, upholding our values, and engaging positively with our students, parents and communities.

POSITION OVERVIEW

To assist, support, and work closely with teachers, administrators, and other team members in providing educational benefit for students. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Note: The essential functions below describe the general requirements of this position and are not intended to be an exhaustive statement of duties. Incumbents may perform all or most of the primary accountabilities listed below. Specific tasks, responsibilities or competencies may be documented in the incumbent’s performance objectives as outlined by the incumbent’s immediate supervisor or manager.

• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• As assigned, supports students in the general education classroom and/or the pull-out room.
• Assists in data collection related to student performance in academic and behavioral domains.
• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.
• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers and other materials for instruction.
• Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, lunch periods and field trips.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Participates in in-service training programs as assigned.
• Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• May assist staff and students in use of educational computer programs.
• Assists the teacher in maintaining accurate records required by federal, state and District policies.
• Administers individual and assists in evaluation of daily student assignments.
• Performs other related duties as required by supervisor.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES

Education, Licensure, or Certification

• High School Diploma/GED required

• Paraprofessional Assessment completed successfully

• Arizona Department of Public Safety Fingerprint Clearance Card    

BACKGROUND CHECKS

• The incumbent in this position will be required to pass a criminal history background check

Arizona Employees:  

• Arizona Department of Public Safety Level One IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card

• Must be able to obtain and hold a valid IVP Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card at all times

Nevada Employees:

• NV Fingerprint Background Check

PHYSICAL AND TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS / WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Travel between campuses is required from time to time.

• This position requires the need to lift objects (up to 25 pounds) on occasion.

• This position may require sitting for long periods at times, talking on the phone, standing, kneeling, stooping and long periods of concentration.

• Local and in-state travel required.

Enjoy the benefits of being the best

Education is not a spectator sport, so we encourage you work hard, learn, have fun and always do your best. If you raise your hand to accept the challenge of changing lives through education and give your very best to contribute to our students’ success, you’ll experience:

A. our colorful school spirit