QUALIFICATIONS:    

       * High School Graduate or GED with a minimum of two years of post graduate study, or four years of Title I experience              and a passing score on the Academic Assessment for the Title I Para Educators preferred          

       * CPR Certified and First Aid

       * Demonstrate aptitude for fulfillment of assigned performance responsibilities

       * Must be able to make sound judgments and interact well with staff, students and parents    

       * Excellent communication skills

Job Goals

1. Provide instructional, behavioral, and organizational support to the certified professional employee in the assigned classroom(s).
2. Increase instructional time between teacher and student and decrease the student to adult ratio in the assigned classroom(s).
3. Display a professional demeanor.
4. Continually improve skills required of the assignment.
5. Plan /Deliver instruction to students in Mathematics
6. Maintain anecdotal notes /records of students
7. Administer assessments: District Benchmark Assessments
8. Assist with inventory and organization of Title I instructional materials.
9. Plan and implement reading software programs in concert with the student’s individual skills and abilities.
10. Provide tutorial support, based upon assessments embedded in the software, as appropriate.
11. Communicate student’s areas of strength and areas for improvement to the classroom teacher.
12. Monitor student progress by administering periodic assessments for the benefit of the student, his/her teacher, principal and the parent as a means of informing instruction.
13. Assist in the planning and presentation of community mathematic workshops
14. Assist in the gathering and dissemination of student data