Job Description
Job Type: Full time, Salaried
Wage: $19/hr.
Location: Leadville, CO.
Job Description
Length of Assignment: 179 days for 2023-2024 School Year. 162 student contact days. follows LCSD Calendar. The majority of work days are on a 4 day work week beginning in August and ending in June. Additional days include professional development and work days
Salary: $19.00/hour for 179 day contract = $27, 208 annually plus EXCELLENT benefits including health, vision, and dental insurance and Paid Time Off (12 days)
Primary Purpose:
The Behavioral Paraprofessional will work closely with and report to the Principal and Assistant Principal and collaborate with all school staff to promote a culture of high expectations for students, teachers, and families. The primary purpose of the Behavioral Paraprofessional is to be proactive and reactive to Tier 1 behaviors. They will champion the Positive Behavioral Intervention System (PBIS) of LCIS and support Crew.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Use Habits of Work and Learning to promote and communicate clear school-wide expectations for character development and positive behavior.
- Actively participate in Crew daily to build relationships with students and staff.
- Support with Crew coverage as needed.
- Check in/check out support for students as needed.
- Maintain a strong focus on PBIS and building and maintaining a positive school culture.
- Contribute toward a safe environment by ensuring that student conduct is maintained and discipline is enforced fairly, consistently, and equitably.
- Effectively guide students and staff through Restorative Justice dialogues.
- Engage positively with students, teachers and families through logical consequences, interventions,
- Collaborative Problem Solving, restorative approaches and use of LCIS Discipline Matrix. Document behaviors, interventions, and consequences using SchoolRunner and communicate effectively with staff and families.
- Partner with mental health providers to ensure students receive necessary social/emotional support.
- Address Tier 1 and Tier safety concerns by investigating, documenting findings, and communicating with parties involved.
- Work with the principal, assistant principal, and counselor to develop, implement, and evaluate effectiveness of behavior and safety plans.
- Collaborate with the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) team as needed, providing data and student information to support team decision making.
- Meet regularly with the student support team to discuss student updates, needs, and action steps.
- Serve as a member of the Building Emergency Response Team (BERT) and ensure implementation of the Standard Response Protocol.
Additional duties of this job include, but are not limited to:
- Detention organization, supervision and documentation
- Responsive to radio calls
- Push in classroom support
- Pull out student support
- Recess and lunch duty/supervision as needed
- Class coverage as needed
- Morning greeter
- Other duties as assigned
Preferred Qualifications:
- Successful experience in a K-12 school setting
- Bilingual Spanish/English preferred
- Skill in using data to make decisions to improve culture and academic achievement
- Experience with research based behavioral practices (PBIS, Restorative Justice, Collaborative Problem Solving)
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Computer proficiency
- Experience with a diverse population of students
- An unwavering commitment to equity in education and belief that all students can succeed
- Lake County School District is an equal opportunity employer
How to apply:
● Internal candidates (LCSD Employees), please submit a transfer request, letter of interest and resume to Cheryl Talbot, Principal and Kathleen Fitzsimmons, HR Director.
● External candidates, please submit a Classified Employee Application. In addition to completing this application, please submit a resume, and letter of interest to Cheryl Talbot, Principal, and Kathleen Fitzsimmons, HR Director.
**Disclaimer: The duties and responsibilities described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee, time to time; the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands. Click “View Application” below for more detail on this specific job.
