Special Education Paraprofessional (Structured Functional)

Special Education Paraprofessional (Structured Functional) JobID: 2957 Position Type: Paraprofessionals/Special Education Paraprofessional Date Posted: 6/21/2026 Location: Woodland Middle School Date Available: 08/17/2026 Closing Date: 07/31/2026 Additional Information: Show/Hide POSITION TITLE: Special Education Paraprofessional (Structured Functional) Applicants are instructed to address in their application/resume their experiences directly related to each section noted in the posting. Only completed/submitted online applications with supporting documents will be screened. POSITION TYPE: Certified Support DATE POSTED: July 25, 2025 LOCATION: Woodland Middle School DATE AVAILABLE: August 20, 2025 DESCRIPTION: To assist Instructional staff in providing a well-organized, smoothly functioning learning environment in which students with can take full advantage of the instructional program QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Certification: Valid Illinois Professional Educator's, Paraprofessional, or Substitute License registered in Lake County 2. Education: A. Required - High School Diploma or Equivalent and 60 credit hours of college credit 3. Experience: A. Preferred - Classroom experience, Spanish-speaking ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES: Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by staff.. Assists staff in devising and implementing special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities. Assists staff in implementing behavioral strateies for individul students as well as assisting with students in crisis. Accompanies students to specials mainstreaming and/or exploratory classes for the purposes of facilitating their full participation in these classes under the direction of staff, consistent with the contents of the student’s IEP (where aplliciaple). Administers, scores, and records achievement and diagnostic tests as staff recommends for individual students. Assists with equipment, technology, and augmentative communication devices used with students as listed on IEP or as directed by staff. Assists students with completion of instructional assignments, distributes and collects workbooks, papers and other materials for instruction, corrects papers, supervises testing and makeup work, guides independent study, enrichment work and remedial work set up and assigned by staff. Checks and records student attendance as necessary, assists in data collection, recording of student performance as requested by staff Assists with the supervision of students throughout the school day, including during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, transitions to other classes, lunch/recess, field trips and community outings As necessary, assists students with daily living skills such as dressing, undressing, lunch, snack, clean-up routines, toileting and washing routines, assists with special equipment such as but not limited to wheel chairs, rifton chairs, standers, walkers, gait belts, etc. Alerts staff to any problem or special information about an individual student Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of all employees including functioning as a mandated reporter. Assists with students movement throughout the day as directed by special education staff and/or administration. Paraprofessionals are non-teaching personnel who may be used:for non-teaching duties not requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of pupils; for supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception areas used incident to instructional programs transmitted by electronic media (such as computers, video, and audio), and detention and discipline areas. to assist with academic programs under a certificated teacher’s immediate supervision; for providing specialized instruction in fields they are particularly qualified i…