Paraprofessional Educator

Atlantic Community Schools is seeking a dynamic Special Education Paraprofessional to join our talented team.

The successful candidate will have a passion for working with students and recognize the critical importance education plays in the development process of children. The Special Education Paraprofessional will be responsible for supporting a learning environment conducive to student achievement and development.

Other paraprofessional duties as assigned:

-Reinforcing application of skills on previously introduced concepts.

-Reinforcing previously provided “specially designed instruction.”

-Generalizing accommodations in response to immediate needs.

-Facilitating teacher instructions in small group activities.

-Assisting teachers in modifying or adapting instructional strategies and materials according to the needs of the learner.

-Supervising students in work settings.

-Collecting data.

-Reading tests to students.

-Implementing student behavior plans.

-Supervising students during recess, bus duty, transportation, lunch duty, study hall, and other such

periods of the day in which students have unstructured time.

-Provide input into individualized education program planning.

-Maintaining an orderly, healthy, and safe environment.

-Setting up and maintaining learning environments, learning centers and adaptive equipment as

directed by the teacher. 

-Recording activities for documentation (implementation log).

-Copying and disseminating instructional/assessment materials.

-Modifying the format of instructional materials (change to larger type, etc.)

-Working with the other adults in the room.

-Being flexible to take on another assignment if the needs arise that day