• Job Description

  Req#: 11956
  Position Type:
  Paraprofessional/ Student Intervention Specialist
  
  
  Date Posted:
  6/14/2024
  
  
  Location:
  E. Russell Hicks Middle School
  
  
  Closing Date:
  06/24/2024
  
  
  Paraprofessional Student Intervention Specialist (2 positions)
  E Russell Hicks Middle School
  Grade 8 of the ESP Salary Scale
  7 Hours/Day, 10-Month Work Year
  
  Minimum Requirements
  High school diploma/GED.
  Must meet Highly Qualified status (A.A. Degree, 48 credit hours, or have successfully passed the Paraprofessional Praxis Test).
  Experience working with at-risk youth.
  Regular and predictable attendance is an essential function of this position.
  Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations.
  
  Preferred Qualifications
  Effective interpersonal and organizational skills.
  Competency in language, writing skills, and mathematics skills.
  Effective team member skills.
  Training and experience working with populations relevant to the assigned school.
  Effective technology skills.
  
  
  Role Responsibilities
  Implement school-based dropout prevention efforts.
  Develop and implement strategies and plans that will assist students to reduce absenteeism, improve grades and reduce discipline referrals.
  Develop effective communication and working relationships with students and families through correspondence, school meetings, phone conferences and home visits.
  Develop effective communication and working relationship with school-based personnel (guidance counselors, teachers, administrators, etc.), as well as district student services personnel (supervisors, PPWs, specialists, etc.).
  Develop effective communication and working relationship with community service providers, youth agencies and local committees in order to facilitate procurement of supplemental resources for students and families.
  Serve as an active member of the school student support team.
  Participate in transitional processes, including intakes and transfers.
  Provide case management and intervention for identified students at-risk of not succeeding in school and not graduating on time.
  Assist students in obtaining individual academic support, as needed.
  Assist in the coordination and supervision of special activities.
  Participate in school and department professional development activities
  Participate in effective behavioral and conflict management/resolution efforts.
  Maintain all student and personnel documentation as required and complete reports in a timely fashion.
  Maintain confidentiality of student, family, and school information.
  Demonstrate courteous and professional demeanor to all stakeholders of Washington County Public Schools.
  Other duties as requested.
  Environmental Factors and Physical/Mental Requirements
  The Environmental Factors and Physical/Mental demands represent those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  Required periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer and other office equipment.
  Ability to sufficiently and efficiently move throughout the building and grounds for extended periods.
  Must have the use of sensory skills to effectively communicate and interact with others as normally defined by the ability to see, read, talk, and hear.
  Ability to maintain emotional control under stress.
  Ability to move, raise, lower, and carry objects up to 20 lbs. on an irregular basis.
  Must be able to bend, crouch, stoop, reach, and climb.
  Will be subjected to loud noises, interactions, and traffic flow associated within a highly populated office environment.
  
  
  

• About the company

  Washington County Public Schools has an enrollment of over 22,000 students in the 2012-2013 school year. The system is comprised of seven high schools, one middle-senior high school, seven middle schools and 27 elementary schools, including two schools...

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