Para-Educator - Category B

REPORTS TO: Director of Special Education; Special Education Supervisor; Special Education and Classroom Teachers JOB MISSION: To facilitate the students progress toward the goals stated in the individual educational plans under the direction of the Special Education and Classroom Teachers. To provide other instructional and clerical assistance as required by the Special Education and Classroom Teachers.PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: assistance with toileting, feeding and/or lifting and transferring providing physical restraint; formal de-escalation and restraint training requiredAssisting a student whose behavior is consistently disruptive to the classroom and requires frequent removal and /or physical restraintAssisting a student who has significant developmental delays and requires constant supervision for reasons of safetyprovide academic support and reteaching in or out of the classroomsupport teacher with instruction and progress monitoringsupport the teacher with general classroom dutiesstudent support for executive functioning and organizationbehavioral support for students needing redirection including removal from classroomstudent is hearing-impaired but does not require sign languagestudent has physical or neurological impairmentSupervision of students for safety on playground, in cafeteria at arrival and dismissal as assignedAssist with data collection, academic and behavioralAssist students with toileting in Pre-K and K levels SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: NONETERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary and work year in accordance with current Longmeadow Educators Association (Unit F) and Longmeadow School Committee Agreement.