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Special Education Para Professional

21st Century Charter School at Gary

Special Education Para Professional

Gary, IN
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    About Us:21st Century Charter School at Gary is a free K-12+ public charter school. We are building a team of excellence. We are the top performing charter school in Gary, Indiana. We are one of the few Indiana schools offering an early college program, which allows our qualifying high school students to take real college courses for real college credit, free of charge to our students and their families. Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8, Project Lead the Way beginning in middle school, and a blended learning model in middle school through high school. We are a TAP school! Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take 21st Century Charter School @ Gary to uncommonly high levels of achievement! Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.

    REPORTS TO/TERM:

    Director of SPED

    This is a 10-month position.

    REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

    Associates Degree or higher (32 credit hours or higher)

    At least two years’ experience working with urban children

    Essential Key Functions:

    A SPED Paraprofessional will perform the following duties:

    Assists teacher in coordinating lessons and activities

    Assist teacher in maintaining discipline

    Assist students with personal hygiene

    Provide lunchroom and playground supervision

    Maintain student service logs

    Provide service to students

    Assemble small groups

    Work individually with students

    Collaborate with general education teachers

    Attend all required staff meetings

    Work as a team member

    Attend all professional development opportunities

    Work under the direction of the Resource Teacher

    Other functions assigned by supervisor

    Follow all school policies

    Dress professionally