The posting
Position Title: Secondary Paraprofessional
Salary Grade: Salary and work year to be determined by contract.
Department: Administrative
Job Code:
Division: Curriculum and Professional Development
FLSA Status:
Reports to: Teacher and Principal or Superintendent's designee
Last Updated: 08/2009
General Summary: The Secondary Paraprofessional will assists the teachers to achieve teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole and assists the teacher in maintaining
appropriate classroom activities and environment so that students may learn effectively.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
· Administers, scores, and records achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students.
· Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills introduced by the teacher.
· Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on individual student needs, interests, and abilities.
· Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
· Helps students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.
· Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for instruction.
· Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work assigned by the teacher.
· Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
· Keeps bulletin board and other classroom learning displays up-to-date.
· Reads to students listens to students read and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.
· Assists with large group activities such as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
· Assists students in the library.
· Checks notebooks, correct papers, and supervise testing and make-up work, assigned by the teacher.
· Alerts the teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
· Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of certified teachers.
· Participates in in-service training programs, as assigned.
· Performs other duties as assigned by Superintendent or the Superintendent's designee.
Contacts and Communication
Education and Experience
· Two years of college or Associates Degree.
· Good communication skills.
Hours of Work and Working Conditions
Physical Demands



