Organizational Description:
The Center for Partnership Services (CFPS) strives to provide highly trained school-based staff to support the growth of students with disabilities by skillfully providing assistance while fostering independence. CFPS believes the role of support staff is not only to assist learners but also to promote their independence.
Paraprofessionals Responsibilities
Paraprofessionals are contacted on a fulltime basis to work one-on-one with an individual student. They help:
- The student with class work
- With the daily care of students who have: emotional special needs, cognitive disabilities, behavioral support needs, physical handicaps, autism, other special needs
Their responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:
- One-on-one or small group instruction, as outlined by the teacher
- Reinforcing behavior through the use of positive behavior support
- Teaching daily living skills such as independent feeding, dressing, toileting
- Aiding occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists and adaptive physical education providers during instruction
- Guiding and assisting students in small group instruction settings with class routines and in transitioning from one activity to the next
- Teaching students, under the direction of a teacher, in:
- Recreation
- Motor
- Vocational
- Socialization
- Communication
- Assisting students with ambulation: within the school premises, on class trips
- Lifting, feeding, toileting and diapering after receiving appropriate training
- Collecting data documenting student behavior for instructional purposes
- Writing anecdotal reports concerning student behavior
- Providing language assistance for bilingual students
- other duties as assigned
Job Types: Contract, Full-time
Pay: $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Grade levels:
- Elementary school
- High school
- Kindergarten
- Middle school
- Pre-Kindergarten
Schedule:
School type:
- Public school
- Special education school
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Morris County, NJ: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)
Work Location: In person