Exceptional Education Paraprofessional

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

All KIPP Nashville staff have a responsibility for ensuring that every KIPP Nashville student achieves the academic skills, intellectual habits and character traits necessary to succeed in the nation’s top colleges and universities. KIPP Nashville is seeking Exceptional Education Paraprofessionals to support students with disabilities across multiple schools over the course of the school year. The Special Education Paraprofessional will support students to be successful in an inclusion and/or resource setting in partnership with the classroom and special education teachers.

Responsibilities of the Exceptional Education Paraprofessional will include, but are not limited to:

• Support students’ access to instructional and classroom activities as directed by teacher(s) across an entire grade level

• Assist with direct academic, functional and/or specifically designed instructional or physical activities

• Supervise and accompany students to the office, bus, classroom, cafeteria, etc.

•  Communicate regularly with classroom teacher(s), related service professionals,  and parents regarding students’ needs and progress

• May be required to support and diffuse excessively disruptive or aggressive behavior during which time the employee may need to restrain, hold, lift, or apply physical management techniques, and crisis intervention techniques (employee will receive all necessary training for proper implementation)

• May be asked to support toileting assistance with students

• Support administrative and instructional duties, providing individual and small group instruction, and delivering student assessments

• Participate in professional learning and development at the school and regional level

• Possibility of assignment shift (working with various students and possibly at different buildings)

• Meets KIPP professionalism expectations as outlined in the KIPP Instructional Excellence Rubric

• Accurately complete timesheets and work overtime as it is pre approved by a manager

• Perform other duties as assigned