SPECIAL EDUCATION PARAPROFESSIONAL Reports to: Special Education Teacher Purpose: Assist professional school personnel in classrooms, educational programs, buses, lunchrooms, and other areas as needed. The SPED Paraprofessional works under close supervision of a special education teacher, classroom teacher and SPED Director. Responsibilities to Assist Teacher include: * Provide academic support to students in reading, language, spelling, mathematics, social studies, and other subjects as employed by the classroom teacher. * Assist in organizing and maintaining instructional materials such as books, flash cards, blocks, clocks, and rulers. * Participate in the specialist program activities with students (ie. physical education, technology, library) * Perform other similar tasks and duties as required One on One Responsibility * Assist and monitor student behavior and academic needs in the classroom and out of the classroom as instructed by the students IEP. * Maintain full support to the child during the regular instructional day as indicated in the child&#8217;s IEP. * If the child is absent from school: paraprofessional will support in the area of Special Education to supplement instructional activities or to provide extended practice under the direction of the Special Education teacher. Minimum Qualifications: * Meet the Highly Qualified certification requirements (ie. minimum of 2 year degree, preferably in a related field) * Three (3) years of Paraprofessional experience * Basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics * Basic skills in typing and duplicating may be required for some positions * Ability to develop good relationships with students, parents and staff * Ability to be sensitive to the needs of others * Ability to relate to students with warmth, friendliness, and understanding * Ability to work with special educational students * Must be on time to your job everyday To apply for this position, please submit your cover letter explaining why you believe you are a good fit for this position and our school, your resume, 3 professional references with contact information to Dr. Elizabeth Sommerville (lsommerville@urbanacademymn.org<mailto:lsommerville@urbanacademymn.org>). Please note that submission of all documents is required. Incomplete submissions will not be considered. For questions regarding application please contact Dr. Elizabeth Sommerville at 612-670-1604 or lsommerville@urbanacademymn.org<mailto:lsommerville@urbanacademymn.org>. Our employees come from all walks of life. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it&#8217;s the right thing to do, but because it makes our school stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for our students you will find a home at Urban Academy, St. Paul. Urban Academy provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.