Para-Professional, Mastery Charter Schools

Posted by on August 11, 2008

[emailed 8/5/08]

Mastery Charter Schools is seeking a part-time paraprofessional to assist students in implementing the portions of an Individualized Education Plan (IEP.)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material skills initially introduced by the teacher.

• Administers, completes, and records such rubrics as the teacher recommends for individual students life skills needs.

• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their 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.

• Guides independent study, enrichment work and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.

• Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, between classes in and outside of the school building.

• Performs clerical duties assigned by the principal or other staff members.

• Gathers and organizes pertinent data, as needed, and puts it in usable form, such as rubrics.

• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Paraprofessional license as required by the Professional Standards Commission.

• Associate Degree, or at least 2 years of study (minimum 60 completed credit hours) at an institution of higher education OR passed the paraprofessional assessment administered by the Educational Testing Service.

• Ability to communicate effectively with students and professional staff

• Ability to complete tasks on time with attention to detail

• Maintains high expectations for self, students and other co-workers

COMPENSATION:

• $15.00-18.00/hr commensurate upon experience.

LOCATION: Mastery Charter School Thomas Campus

Please send a cover letter and resume to jobs@masterycharter.org if interested.