Special Education Paraprofessional

FLEX HIGH PONTIAC

Part-Time, Monday-Friday; 9:00am-2:00pm

Compensation: Competitive compensation package starting from $16/hour

The Flex High Advantage

Our personalized learning model is what makes Flex High School unique. Our students are at the center of our mission, which means that staff is unified and priorities are set to reach the best outcome for all students. Some the other advantages we offer are:

• Our student-counselor ratio is 1:250, which is far below many traditional schools.
• We offer free tutors for students and labs that supplement their instruction and reduce academic discouragement.
• With the support of Lifelong Learning, an educational services organization, staff receives all the tools/resources needed to do their job without any personal financial investment.
• We provide ongoing professional learning, continuing education (subsidized), career advancement opportunities for staff throughout the school year.
• Our staff has a close relationship with and is supported by their area supervisor/leadership. We empower them to succeed.
• We operate year-round with generous holiday, vacation and seasonal breaks.

How You Will Make an Impact:

The Paraprofessional serves as a knowledgeable professional in the indicated Education Program and/or related service delivery process. This position will assist appropriate educators in servicing students in the specialized program. The Paraprofessional completes paperwork, performs data entry, completes organizational tasks, and provides tutoring support and/or sign language interpretation to students in the specialized program.

RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES: This list is illustrative only and is not intended to be a comprehensive list of tasks performed by this classification. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

• Assist educators in their instructional duties and other general responsibilities such as organizing instructional and other materials
• Provide tutorial support
• Provide additional student support including accommodations and online assessments
• Assist in related data entry for students enrolling in the program or school
• Facilitate program implementation and support maintenance efforts such as student transportation, guest speakers, career fairs, field trips, etc.
• Alert the educator to student behavior issues or other program challenges
• Assist in monitoring and proctoring student assignment and tests
• Perform clerical tasks for teachers as needed, to include coordination, scheduling of and participation in meetings when requested
• Assist educators in contacting parents or adult students and assists in retrieving required forms
• Partner with school staff to conduct parent involvement activities
• Participate in Student Study Team or other meetings relating to student success
• Aid the educator in rendering additional attention or data collection for particular students
• Follow directions for activities involved in the development and implementation of student learning plans
• Translate communications between students and teachers
• Demonstrate willingness to learn and build expertise in relevant content areas
• Participate in staff meetings and trainings
• Participate in school events
• Administrative duties, responsibilities, and activities may be assigned or changed from time to time
• For Sign Language Interpreters:
  • Assist students in the use of sign language or other non-verbal forms of communication
  • Assist with the instruction deaf and hard of hearing students, individually or in small groups

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, LICENSES, CERTIFICATIONS, ETC:

• Knowledge of, and the ability to assist in, instructing reading, writing, and mathematics
• Knowledge of, and the ability to assist in, instructing reading readiness, writing readiness, and mathematics readiness, as appropriate
• Organizational skills
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work with diverse youth populations
• Ability to collaborate with various people to support student learning and development
• Ability to handle multiple competing projects and assignments

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Completion of High School Diploma or General Education Diploma equivalent and
• Complete at least two years of study at an institution of higher education (equal to 60 semester hours); or
• Associate's Degree (or higher); or
• Meet a rigorous standard of quality and demonstrate, through passage of an approved formal State academic assessment
• Experience working with students
• Experience working with low economic and at-risk populations
• Experience in the education of individuals with exceptional needs, student who are deaf or hard of hearing

Sign Language Interpreter Qualifications:

Fluent in sign language, certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) or equivalent, if providing Cued Speech interpretation, be certified by any certifying body recognized by the National Cued Speech Association (NCSA)

TRAVEL: Ability and willingness to travel in performance of job duties is required

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Mental Demands: high workflow management, high project coordination, high people engagement
• Finger Dexterity: using primarily just the fingers to make small movements such as typing, picking up small objects, or pinching fingers together
• Talking: especially where one must convey detailed or important instructions or ideas accurately, loudly, or quickly
• Average Hearing: able to hear average or normal conversations and receive ordinary information
• Average Visual Abilities: ordinary acuity necessary to prepare or inspect documents or operate machinery
• Physical Strength: sedentary work. Sitting most of the time, and occasionally exerts up to 10 lbs. of force (almost all office jobs)
• Frequent multi-tasking, changing of task priorities, repetitious exacting work required
• Working in a noisy, distracting environment with frequent deadline pressures