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Paraeducators and Related

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Daily25%Under the direction of a licensed provider, responsible for instructing small and large groups in academic, sensory, independent living skills, recreation, community and/or social skills.
Daily11%Monitor students and assist in instructing hygiene skills including brushing teeth, using deodorant, combing hair, toileting, diapering, etc.
Daily11%Feed and supervise eating including spoon feeding and tube feeding.
Daily15%Provide supervision in classroom, physical education, clinic, lunchroom, playground and to and from buses.
Daily5%Carry out activities and programs under licensed itinerant personnel, i.e. range of motion physical therapist, and fine motor activities occupational therapist.
Daily5%Instruct and assist students with social skills including friendships, table manners, stranger safety, etc.
Daily4%Push wheelchairs to classrooms, restrooms and between school and bus and tie down wheelchair on bus.
Daily4%Administer medical tasks as assigned by the nurse including administering medications, administering suctioning, monitoring catheter, etc.
Daily1%Perform record keeping including documenting student attendance and participation for Medicaid forms; accounting for money received related to students' lunch, paychecks and bus fares; documenting student progress; and documenting and submitting student timesheets to receive students' paychecks.
Daily1%Monitor behavior using behavior plans, de-escalation techniques, time out rooms and restraints when necessary.
Daily1%Lift students in and out of wheel chairs for positioning, diaper changing or toileting.
Wkly9%Instruct, assist and may transport students with vocational activities
Wkly4%Instruct students in community skills such as street safety, stranger safety signs, sight words, monetary skills, reading menus and ordering food.
Daily4%Perform other duties as assigned.

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Aurora Public Schools - Job Description - Paraeducator, Severe Needs/Life Skills