ALL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY AT THE DISTRICT WEBSITE: https://www.garfieldheightscityschools.com/
About the Opportunity:
- Ensure safety of students
- Serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves appropriately
- Ability to work with a diverse group of students
- Interact in a positive manner with staff, students, and parents
- Maintain respect at all times for confidential information, e.g., student records, IEP, custody papers, medical records, etc. with communication with parents and other teachers
- Work with students both individually and in small groups
- Assist teacher in supervision of students in the cafeteria, playground/recess, hall, restroom breaks, and/or classroom
- Assist with the presentation of lessons and activities planned by the teacher to small groups of students
- Help to keep students focused and on-task
- Able to apply sanctioned physical escorts/restraints as necessary to insure the safety and welfare of students and staff
- Carry out other normal routine and extra activities necessary for the educational development of students
- Assist students with with programmed materials and at help at various school activities and functions
- Monitor student behavior and monitor behavior management plans as directed by the teacher
- Assist students in the development of life skills and appropriate social behaviors as directed by the teacher
- Conduct individual or small group reinforcing exercises as directed by the teacher
- Able to guide students with self medical needs
- Exhibit standards of ethical behavior
- Performs health and medically related procedures as permitted by state and local regulations
- Assists and supervises children in any instructional or school related setting including, but not limited to: community –based instructions, regular education classrooms, special education classrooms, lunchroom, playground, recreation/physical education activities, field trips, offsite programs, hallways and bathrooms
- Feeds, dresses, and performs other personal care routines for students, such as toileting, diapering, and/or bathing as needed
- Care for children and their toileting needs. This may include changing soiled clothing; diapering and basic hygiene needs as necessary and escorting student to and from restroom
- Prepares and assists with snack time, lunch, and clean up following meals. This may include: food preparations due to dietary restrictions, cutting food, opening containers. Assisting child to eat if unable to do so by themselves, administration of dietary supplements if needed (tube feedings), any procedure via a G-tube, and washing dishes/utensils used at lunch
- Assist with transferring to proper equipment and utilizing proper positioning for students
- Maintain data of student behavior and IEP goals
- Active and current state of Ohio teaching license in the appropriate content area
- Bachelor's degree in education or related field
- High level of comfort working in a growth-focused coaching environment based on frequent observations, debriefs, action planning, and progress monitoring
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to appropriately manage confidential information
- Able to supervise students of various ages in different school settings (playground, cafeteria, etc.)
- Ability to pass federal and state criminal background checks
- Experience working within an urban environment
About You:
- Maintains excellent attendance, high moral character, and a healthy physical and mental condition in order to
- effectively carry out his/her responsibilities.
- Ability to work with children in a way that is acceptable to the Board of Education and the parents in Garfield
- Heights
- Ability to work with other employees in a way that is cooperative, productive, and acceptable to administrators,
- as well as certified and classified staff members
- High School graduate or equivalent diploma.
- The paraprofessional must meet one of the following requirements:
- Completed at least 2 years of study at an institution of higher education.
- Obtained an associates (or higher) degree.
- Pass State Board of Education Parapro Test
- Meet rigorous standards to obtain certification as a paraprofessional from the Ohio Department of Education.
- Hold a current Ohio Department of Education (ODE) Educational Aide and Student Monitor Permit.
- Hold an appropriate FBI and BCI&I report
- First Aid/CPR Training
- Knowledge of child psychology
- Training in child abuse and communicable diseases
- Training in instructional methodologies desirable
- On-line Paraprofessional training
About Our District:
The Garfield Heights City Schools collaboratively and cooperatively serve students and families of the City of Garfield Heights. Located in Cuyahoga County and bordered on the north by the City of Cleveland proper, and on all other sides by the first ring communities of Northeast Ohio. Our District proudly serves approximately 3,500 students in three elementray schools, one middle school, and one high school. The district also provides an award-winning Preschool program to educate the youngest students in our community at William Foster Elementary. All those who seek academic, co-curricular, student leadership, diversity, and community engagement success, can find these things and more in the Garfield Heights City Schools.
As a product of our community-based strategic planning process completed in 2021, our district’s mission is: As the heart of the community, Garfield Heights City Schools fully prepares students to pursue their dreams and give back as engaged citizens and future leaders. Our vision is: to become a premier educational institution, recognized throughout Ohio as fully preparing students to be leaders equipped with real-world skills to contribute to a global society.
The Garfield Heights City School prides itself on providing a rigorous and comprehensive pre-k through 12th-grade educational curriculum that clearly focuses on student success through college and career readiness. To that end, Garfield Heights High School offers a variety of Advanced Placement courses, including AP English, AP Government, AP American History, Honors Chemistry, Honors Calculus, Honors Physical Science, and more. While the District offers these high-level academic courses, the GHCS also proudly sends more than 225 students on an annual basis to the Cuyahoga Valley Career Center for those individuals deeply interested in learning a skilled profession or hands-on expertise in one of the trades. Middle School students have increasingly greater opportunities to prepare themselves for high school and parents are readily encouraged to be involved. Elementary School students in the GHCS also participate in such valuable literacy programs as LETRs and social/emotional initiatives as the Zones of Regulation. The GHCS places a great deal of emphasis at all levels of education on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (P.B.I.S.) and each school has won awards from the State of Ohio for encouraging and promoting positive behavior.
A wide variety of co-curricular offerings are available to students of all ages in the Garfield Heights City Schools as well. Such opportunities include more than 18 varsity sports, the district’s show choir, Music Express, Marching Band, Theater, A ‘Capella Choir, National Honor Society, Student Council, Glass Ceiling, Future Engineers, and more. These co-curricular offerings are award-winning on the state, regional and local levels. Students can expect success when they become involved in the various academic, co-curricular, and student leadership organizations in this District.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
It is our policy to abide by all federal, state, and local laws prohibiting employment discrimination based solely on a person's race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status, veteran status (including protected veterans), marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, familial status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other protected status.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
Work Location: In person
