Job Description

THE OPPORTUNITY

KIPP Minnesota Paraprofessionals ensure implementation of accommodations and modifications needed for all students to be successful at school. Paraprofessionals help students to cultivate a love for reading while growing in them the fluency, comprehension, and critical thinking skills they will need to succeed in rigorous high schools and colleges and to prepare them for choice-filled lives.  RESPONSIBILITIES

• Implement student lessons to meet learning objectives under direct supervision
• Work directly with individuals and student groups in daily classroom tasks, activities and assignments, monitoring and re-directing behaviors using appropriate communication and effective intervention strategies.
• Implement positive student support plans as outlined and/or implementing behavior strategies outlined by the special education teacher (can include re-directing, calming or supporting replacement behaviors).
• Monitor and/or record student progress in instructional areas
• Manage physical needs as needed
• Review, design, and implement student 504 plans and IEPs with fidelity
• Conduct portions of student evaluations (with training) to include: structured observations, daily student tracking, and/or teacher/student/parent interviews
• Attend IEP and evaluation team meetings
• Assist the special education teacher in planning and implementing special education curriculum
• Assist the special education teacher in planning for modifying instruction of grade level content standards across curriculum
• Attend all parent/teacher conferences for students on caseload
• Respond to daily student needs 
• Develop, implement, track, and critique interventions with students for their effectiveness
• Assist special education teacher with special education due process paper work as needed. 
• Review general education teacher lesson plans and provide detailed feedback to enable them to make necessary accommodations and modifications based on student learning needs and state standards as directed by the AP of Special Education
• Lead guided reading groups and small group instruction and continually assess and track student progress
• Provide special education inclusion and resource services minutes to students
• Co-teach with general education teachers to provide instruction to students
• Progress monitor IEP goals and provide detailed documentation of goals to Special Education Coordinator
• Keep parents well informed of student progress by providing daily feedback, weekly assessments, trimester report cards, and occasional home visits as needed
• Attend all grade level and staff meetings, including Wednesday staff meetings, and attend designated school functions outside of school hours
• Participate in school-wide professional development and seek continual feedback and coaching to develop as a teacher
• Make themselves available to students, parents, and other staff members after school hours and on weekends by his/her work cell phone
• Conduct necessary home visits for recruitment and to support classroom learning
• Perform necessary duties including but not limited to bus, morning, lunch, dismissal, and after-school duties
• Chaperone field lessons including occasional overnight field lessons
• Communicate openly and honestly with all staff members in a timely fashion
• Uphold all school policies

Qualifications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Experience working with a similar population of students 
• An unwavering belief in the mission of confronting educational inequity.
• A minimum of 2 years of college education
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• The ability to pass a criminal background check
• Experience with students with Autism and/or DSD

Additional Information

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

We’re committed to providing best-in-class benefits to our teachers and staff. Elements of KIPP Minnesota’s benefits package include competitive pay, subsidized health insurance, free dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, and generous paid time off.

KIPP Minnesota is an employment at-will organization and provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. Learn more at www.kippminnesota.org.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.