SPECIAL ED: Full-Time, 10-Month Therapeutic Emotional Support Paraprofessional (Grades 9-12)
Dallastown Area School District
Dallastown, PA
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The Dallastown Area School District is seeking to fill a Full-Time, 10-Month Therapeutic Emotional Support (TES) Paraprofessional position at Dallastown Area High School (Grades 9-12) who will play a valuable role in inspiring and creating pathways for student success by supporting a special education teacher in the delivery of supports and services for students with IEPs.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
- Able to carry out oral and written instructions including those in the student's IEP to allow access to the educational environment.
- Assisting teachers in presentation and development of learning materials and instructional exercises
- Performing routine clerical work
- Working with instructional media, office machines, and equipment
- Full-day hours: 7:15 AM - 3:15 PM, which is 7.50 working hours and a 30-minute unpaid lunch period.
- Your work schedule and pay will follow student attendance full and half days during the school year -- approximately 177 student days mid-August through early June. Additional days may be arranged by your supervisor.
- While there are typically no pay periods July through August, you'll enjoy summers off to spend more time with your family!
- For a full school year, your bi-weekly pays will typically begin by mid-September and continue through late-June.
- Immediate/continued inclusion in Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS)
- Four (4) Paid Holidays: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day
- After a successful Probationary Period of 90 calendar days, you'll receive Paid Leave: 3 Personal Days and 10 Sick Days
- If applicable, Paid Bereavement Leave and Jury Duty Supplemental Pay
- Other availabie benefits: Dental and/or Vision Insurance with a $0 premium for the employee-only level, Health Insurance with two (2) options or opt-out for bi-weekly stipend, OSS Company Direct Program with no cost to employee (if health insurance plan is elected), several pharmacy/prescription programs for reducing or eliminating your costs, a Flexible Spending Account Program to set aside pre-tax dollars to cover out-of-pocket medical and/or dependent care expenses not covered by your selected plan, a Tax-Sheltered Annuity Program, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Capital Blue Fitness Your Way program, and Life Insurance.
- Highly Qualified = High School Diploma (or GED equivalent) AND completion of an assessment through our special educaton department,
- OR, Completed at least two years of postsecondary study (48 credit hours or more)
- OR, Associate’s Degree or higher,
- Completion of at least 20 hours of staff development activities related to assignment each school year
- Child-centered, warm, and receptive to children
- Ability to carry out oral and written communications/instructions and work cooperatively with others
- Acceptable record of attendance
About the company
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The Dallastown Area School District is located in York County, 34 miles south of Harrisburg, in the south central part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The district's 52.5 square miles of Susquehanna Valley rolling countryside includes a diverse population of manufacturing, agriculture, and service industries.