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Duty Paraprofessional Marion School District - 3.5 Marion, AR Job Details Full-time 3 hours ago Qualifications General academic student support Student supervision Classroom active supervision Outdoor work experience Student record keeping CPR English Parent communication Experience working with children Working with students Student behavior monitoring Student safety monitoring

Full Job Description Roles:

Monitor students in a variety of settings such as the cafeteria, bus loading area(s), playground, hallway(s), auditorium, etc. Monitor and assist students during teacher-directed, whole class instruction. Provide small group instruction (pre-teaching or alternative instruction) to students under teacher direction Provide follow-up instruction after teacher directed instruction. Monitor and support students during independent work or cooperative learning activities under teacher direction. Support students' instructional programs through the preparation of materials and the fulfillment of other clerical tasks. Other related duties. Language Must have good expressive and receptive English language skills to be able to communicate with and be understood by students, co-workers and parents, receive their responses and respond to them appropriately. Sensory Must be able to track and observe students in a 360-degree classroom, gym or cafeteria environment to ensure compliance and safety. Must be able to visually or otherwise access written and printed content and respond verbally and in writing. Must have the ability to understand and respond to the verbal expressions of others, often in a noisy environment with multiple speakers and background noise, or outside. Movement Must have the ability to move around inside on hard surface and industrial carpeted surfaces, and to travel at a brisk walking pace relatively long inside distances, without needing to stop or rest. Must be able to move around outside, sometimes on a grassy or uneven outdoor surface, to supervise students outdoors. Must be able to work outdoors, for sustained time periods, sometimes during very hot or very cold weather conditions. (If applicable: Must be able to perform sustained CPR with the subject on the floor.) Cognitive Must be able to conform behavior to that which is socially accepted as being appropriate to an adult and positive role model who is working with young and impressionable children. Must have the ability to receive complex oral and written instructions and execute them appropriately. Must be able to master the content being taught in a particular class, grade or academic course to be able to accurately assist students with its mastery as directed by the classroom teacher. Must have good executive functioning skills sufficient to ensure timely and accurate compliance with detailed federal, state and local record keeping requirements. Must be able to present material to students and determine, in the moment, based on verbal and nonverbal cues of students, whether or not the expressive language used by the teacher has been received and is being processed appropriately by students.

Additional Job Responsibilities:

Attendance Must have the ability to work for the duration of the daily contracted time period, and to be physically present and at assigned work, with only infrequent unexcused absences, during the contract year.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.