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Organization Overview:
The Neighborhood Charter Network (NCN) is a grassroots organization that launched in 2016 in order to manage a growing family of schools in Indianapolis, IN. The mission of The Neighborhood Charter Network is to expand educational equity to the communities we serve.
Job Summary:
The Special Education Aide/Paraprofessional is responsible for facilitating learning in an environment that supports the Neighborhood Charter’s Network’s students with special needs.
Essential Job Responsibilities:
- Assist teachers with instructing students with special needs in academic subjects, using a variety of techniques, such as phonetics, multisensory learning, or repetition to reinforce learning and meet students' varying needs, per their Individualized Education Programs (IEP’s).
- Employs special education instructional strategies and best practices.
- Teaches socially acceptable behavior, as determined by the students’ individualized education programs (IEPs) by employing techniques in an overall positive behavioral support system.
- Assists teachers with modifying the general education curriculum and provides accommodations for students with disabilities based upon a variety of instructional techniques and technologies.
- Provides crisis intervention, as needed.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- Associates Degree, 60 college credit hours, or a valid Paraprofessional p\Praxis Certification
- At least 1+ years of experience working with children
- Bilingual - Spanish
Preferred Qualifications:
- At least 1+ years of crisis intervention experience
- At least 1+ years of experience working with children with disabilities
Key Characteristics
- A strong understanding of child development, pedagogy, and content
- A collaborative attitude toward teaching and learning.
- The ability to be flexible in a new learning environment where things are changing
- A strong desire to be part of a larger team, valuing the perspective and work of others
- Value for developing and maintaining strong student and familial relationships
NCN Core Values:
NCN Equity Statement:
The Neighborhood Charter Network is an equal employment opportunity school corporation which strives to deliver educational excellence, equitable access, and quality service to our students and families. NCN recognizes the educational and social value of human differences and their various forms. NCN is committed to an inclusive approach which affirms and embraces all aspects of diversity. We are strengthened by our unique knowledge, experiences, interests, hopes, challenges, cultures, traditions and families. We engage families as partners in education through trusting relationships built on culturally responsive two-way communication and mutual respect.
Recognizing our diversity, we are committed to equity in all of our work. We seek to allocate resources to eliminate discrimination and disparities. We strive to eliminate prejudice, bigotry, and intolerance and bridge gaps between and among our diverse students, families, staff and communities.
Our approach to diversity and commitment to fairness ensure that the students we serve are empowered to succeed in high school, college and beyond.
Key Details:
This job description is not intended to be all inclusive. The employee will perform other reasonably related tasks as assigned by the supervisor or other management personnel.
NCN reserves the right to change job responsibilities, duties and hours accordingly. This document is for management communication only and is not intended to imply a written or implied contract of employment.
Neighborhood Charter Network provides equal opportunities of employment to all applicants and and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type against anyone without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
