ASHTABULA COUNTY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE CENTER 2023 - 2024

Paraprofessional (Teacher Aide)

Reports To:  Principal, Special Education Supervisor or Pupil Services Director

Summary        

• Assist teacher with classroom duties and/or monitor students as assigned.
• Assist the administration in implementing all procedures and rules governing student life and conduct and develop reasonable rules of classroom behavior and procedure.
• Effectively manage the classroom and individual student behavior to maintain a good learning environment

Note:  The below lists are not ranked in order of importance.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Two years of higher education, Associate's Degree or higher, or passing score on paraprofessional assessment

Essential Functions

• Maintain a safe environment and insure safety and well-being of students.
• Work with students both individually and in small groups reinforcing skills taught by the teacher and/or therapists; maintain open communication regarding student’s progress and concerns.
• Assist students with classwork and make-up work.
• Assist with recess supervision, restroom breaks, etc.
• Promote good social relationships between students.
• Distribute communiqués to be sent home with students.
• Assist students with toiletry needs as necessary.
• Duplicate materials for class.
• Make contacts with the public with tact and diplomacy.
• Maintain respect at all times for confidential information.
• Interact in a positive manner with staff, students, and parents.
• Provide assistance to classroom teacher.
• Maintain and improve professional competence by attending professional growth seminars, workshops, etc. Attend meetings and inservices as required
• Promote good public relations.

Other Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare materials for class projects.
• Maintain confidentiality of personally identifiable data and abide by other regulations.
• Be proactive in seeking information to help understand the student’s ability/disability.
• Implement behavioral management strategies as determined by the teacher/IEP team.
• Assist with special school projects.
• Accompany and assist student on field trips and other off campus school activities as necessary
• Administer first aid to students as necessary.
• Develop correspondence, including reports and such other correspondence as may be required.
• Prepare supply, material, and equipment requisitions as directed by immediate supervisor.
• Respond to routine questions and requests in an appropriate manner.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the classroom teacher or supervisor.
• Serve as a role model for students.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work effectively with others.
• Ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
• Effective active listening skills.
• Organizational and problem solving skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable to changing situations.
• Student management skills.
• Basic first aid.

Equipment Operated

• Computer
• Copy machine
• Printer
• Telephone/cellular phone
• Fax machine
• Calculator
• Typewriter
• Laminator

Additional Working Conditions

• Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue.
• Occasional operation of a vehicle under inclement weather conditions (i.e., being prepared to come to school on all scheduled work days, except calamity days).
• Frequent interaction with unruly students.
• Frequent and regular requirement to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, see, read, speak, reach, stretch with hands and arms, crouch, climb, kneel, and stoop.
• Occasional requirement to carry, lift, push and pull items up to a maximum of 50 pounds.

Adopted by ACESC Governing Board on December 8, 2021