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West Springfield Public Schools
Long Term Substitute Paraprofessional
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What they do
A Teacher Assistant assists classroom teachers by providing extra individual attention and instruction to students. Helps teachers with recordkeeping, preparation for lessons and activities and supervising students. May work with special education students, or work in a school library or computer lab; may be called teacher aide or paraprofessional.
$41,845 / year median in Massachusetts
+9% projected growth
Job Description
Long Term Substitute Paraprofessional West Springfield Public Schools
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Duties:
- This position involves working with students with Autism in a structured environment based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Support students and teachers in an ABA classroom. May include lunch duty and coverage for the teachers during meetings or if they are absent (with stipend)
- Experience working with students with special needs preferred-Work with individual students or small groups of students in independent study, skills work, and remedial work assigned by the teacher
- Demonstrated aptitude for the work to be performed
- Assist in gathering data on students
- Participate in in-service training programs, as assigned
- Safety care training which will be provided by WSPS
- Inform the teacher of any problems or special information about students
- Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips
- Assists the teacher in duties relating to the supervision of playground, lavatories, cafeteria, and bus loading activities
- Assists with lunch, snack and clean-up routines
- Any other duties as assigned by the building principal or the Superintendent of Schools.
Minimum Qualifications:
High School DiplomaPreferred Qualifications:
- Associates Degree or 48 college credits attained, or WorkKeys completed
- Demonstrated aptitude for the work to be performed
- Experience working with students with autism
- Background in ABA
- Such alternatives found to be appropriate