Job Details

Job duties will include assisting students on campus and job sites with job readiness skills. Minimum high school diploma required. This is a part-time position that does not include benefits. Experience with school-age students preferred. See the job description below for more information.

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MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

1. High school diploma including one of the following:

• An associate's degree.
• 48 semester hours of college credit from an accredited institution
• Documentation verifying a passing score on the paraprofessional assessment test

1. Proficient with technology appropriate for the position.
2. Proficient in grammar skills.
3. One year experience working with individuals with disabilities preferred.
4. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

REPORTS TO

Principal/Appropriate Supervisor

JOB GOAL

An employee who is responsible for assisting and instructing high school students in the five pre-ets services to prepare for paid or non-paid work and/post-secondary learning.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Partner with the LEA TSW grant team members to determine the job readiness skills that will be taught at the high school level, including developing resumes, developing a reference contact list, filling out applications, mock interviews, etc.

1. Work with high school students to improve their skills in seeking, preparing for, and maintaining competitive, integrated employment in both group and individual settings to increase and enhance skill development.

1. Assist each student in determining what workplace and life skills are needed for becoming and staying employed.

1. Implement chosen curricula selected by the LEA TSW team.

1. Assist each student in both individual and group activities in completing career interest inventories and in-depth Career Exploration activities to determine employment opportunities.

1. Conduct independent living, hygiene, and grooming training in both group and individual settings.

1. Understand and employ workplace safety procedures and ensure that students follow safety procedures at the worksite.

1. Teach recipients how to perform specific tasks and understand work place policies while modeling appropriate workplace behavior.

1. Assist recipients in establishing an appropriate working relationship with co-workers and supervisors at the Work Based Learning site.

1. Monitor attendance and behavior of student to ensure progress toward measurable job readiness goals. Provide feedback to the student and Transition Case Manager.

1. Support students by developing methods of teaching job tasks and modifying processes to accommodate the student's barriers to employment.

1. Document recipient services monthly. Assist with completing Pre-Ets Individual Service Reports to report Pre-Ets services provided monthly.

1. Assist with the development and implementation of summer workshops (if applicable). Notify the Pre-ets Specialist of recipients attending any scheduled summer workshops.

1. Understand and keep up to date with new technology, community resources, and assistive devices available for people with disabilities.

1. Performs such other duties as may reasonably be prescribed by the teacher, principal, or supervisor.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This job may require lifting of objects that exceed 25 lbs. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:

• Pushing and/or pulling
• Climbing
• Stooping and/or kneeling
• Reaching
• Talking
• Hearing
• Seeing

TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits)

1. Adaptability to performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.
2. Adaptability to accepting responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity.
3. Adaptability to dealing with students.
4. Adaptability to making generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria.

CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

1. Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.
2. Intelligence: The ability to understand instructions and underlying principles. Ability to reason and make judgments.
3. Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them.
4. Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately.
5. Manual Dexterity: Ability to move the hands easily and manipulate small objects with the fingers.
6. Form Perception: To make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures.
7. Color Discrimination: Ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same color.

WORK CONDITIONS

Normal working environment.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so assigned.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

Salary and work year to be established by the Board.