# Dedicated Aid-Paraprofessional

**Company**: Rocketship Public Schools
**Location**: Washington, DC
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Full-time
**Salary**: USD 21-25.5 per-hour-wage
**Category**: Education
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential. We are seeking a Dedicated Aid-Paraprofessional to join our team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in ensuring student academic growth, meeting academic goals, and providing support to teachers and students.

### Essential Functions

- Ensure student academic growth in reading and math abilities

- Meet academic goals aligned to campus data goals

- Collaborate with teachers, specialists, and school staff to enhance student achievement

- Initiate behaviour management and social emotional supports

- Implement student IEPs under the direction of the special education case manager

- Provide small group and whole group instruction using specified materials and curriculums

- Progress monitor student goals and communicate with case managers and general education teachers

- Record data for individualized instructional programs and positive behaviour support plans

- Implement behaviour intervention plans and collect student behaviour data

- Perform routine first aid and respond to student crises

- Assist with parent conferences and pupil instruction planning processes

- Participate in meetings and professional learning as assigned

### Required Qualifications

- Two years of experience working with children/adults with special needs

- One year of experience in a classroom and/or education setting

- Associate or Bachelor's Degree, or 48+ college credits or passing score on Rocketship's Paraprofessional Assessment required

- Obtain and maintain District-approved Crisis Intervention System certification or applied behaviour analysis experience

- Comfort in a start-up environment with flexibility and strong interpersonal skills

## Skills

### Required
- behaviour management
- special education
- IEP implementation
- crisis intervention
- data recording

### Nice to have
- applied behaviour analysis
- classroom instruction
- student support

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