Para-Educator - Category B

REPORTS TO: Director of Special Education; Special Education Supervisor; Principal, Special Education and Classroom Teachers

JOB MISSION: To facilitate the students’ progress toward the goals stated in the individual educational plans under the direction of the Special Education and Classroom Teachers. To provide other instructional and clerical assistance as required by the Special Education and Classroom Teachers.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

•assistance with toileting, feeding and/or lifting and transferring •providing physical restraint; formal de-escalation and restraint training required •Assisting a student whose behavior is consistently disruptive to the classroom and requires frequent removal and /or physical restraint •Assisting a student who has significant developmental delays and requires constant supervision for reasons of safety •provide academic support and reteaching in or out of the classroom •support teacher with instruction and progress monitoring •support the teacher with general classroom duties •student support for executive functioning and organization •behavioral support for students needing redirection including removal from classroom •student is hearing-impaired but does not require sign language •student has physical or neurological impairment •Supervision of students for safety on playground, in cafeteria at arrival and dismissal as assigned •Assist with data collection, academic and behavioral •Assist students with toileting in Pre-K and K levels

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:NONE

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary and work year in accordance with current Longmeadow Educators Association (Unit F) and Longmeadow School Committee Agreement.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

1.College course work, preferred.

2.Demonstrated ability and interest in children and education.

3.Clerical skills desirable.

4.Some psychology background desirable.

5.Physical ability to handle the responsibilities associated with these positions. Lifting and/or toileting may be required.

6.Such alternative to the above qualifications as the School Committee or its designee find appropriate and acceptable.

The following information is provided pursuant to ADA requirements.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:Physical demands are a way of describing the physical activities that a job requires.

Strength:Light-lifting, 30 pounds maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds.

Key:Occasionally (O)Up to 1/3 of the time Frequently (F)From 1/3 to 2/3 of the time Constantly (C)2/3 of the time or more

Standing: (C) Sitting: (O) Walking/ Running: (C) Lifting: (F) Reaching(F) – Extending the hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction Handling(F) – Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise work with hand(s) Fingering (F) – Picking, pinching, or otherwise working with fingers primarily Talking (F) Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word Hearing (C) Perceiving the nature of sounds by the air Near Acuity (C) Clarity of vision at 20 inches or less Far Acuity (C) Clarity of vision at 20 feet or more Color Vision (F) Ability to identify and distinguish colors Field of Vision(C) Observing an area that can be seen up and down or right and left when eyes are fixed on a given point.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Environmental conditions are a means of describing the physical surroundings of a worker in a specific job. These positions are performed in a school and/or camp setting where the environmental conditions should have no effect on how the jobs are performed.

Noise: Level 3 – Moderate level of intensity.