Special Education Paraprofessional
Company: Searcy School District
Location: Searcy
Posted on: April 5, 2026
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Job Description:
POSITION TITLE: Special Education Paraprofessional McRae
Elementary QUALIFICATIONS: High School diploma and required special
training. Prior job experience. Such alternatives to the above
qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
REPORTS TO: Teacher or Designated Supervisor PERFORMANCE
RESPONSIBILITIES: Administers, scores, and records such achievement
and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual
students. Works with individual students or small groups of
students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially
introduced by the teacher. Assists the teacher in devising special
strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a
sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs,
interests, and abilities. Operates and cares for equipment used in
the classroom for instructional purposes. Helps students master
equipment or instructional materials assigned by teacher.
Distributes and collects workbooks, papers, and other materials for
instruction. Guides independent study, enrichment work, and
remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher. Assists with the
supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play
periods, and field trips. Keeps bulletin board and other classroom
learning displays up to date. Assists with such large group
activities as drill work, reading aloud, and story telling. Reads
to students, listens to students read, and participates in other
forms of oral communication with students. Assists students in the
library or media center. Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and
supervises testing and make up work, as assigned by the teacher.
Checks and records student attendance. Helps students with their
clothing. Assists with lunch, snack and cleanup routines. Assists
with wash-up and toilet routines. Alerts the regular teacher to any
problem or special information about an individual student. Serves
as the chief source of information and help to any substitute
teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher. Maintains
the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of
information about students as is expected of fully licensed
teachers. Participates in inservice training programs, as assigned.
Performs specialized services to students as required by specific
responsibilities. Click here for salary schedule
Keywords: Searcy School District, Pine Bluff , Special Education Paraprofessional, Education / Teaching , Searcy, Arkansas
