Normangee ISD.

• Paraprofessional – Special Education

  QUALIFICATIONS:
  1. High School Diploma or equivalent
  2. Aptitude for the work to be performed
  3. Interest in the educational success of children
  4. Desire to assist students with special needs in a learning environment
  5. Emotional maturity and stability necessary for the specialized work involved
  6. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board find appropriate and acceptable
  
  REPORTS TO / EVALUATED BY: Principal, Special Education / General Education Teacher(s)
  
  JOB GOAL: To assist, support, and work closely with teachers, administrators, and other team members in providing educational benefit for students.
  
  PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
  1. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially introduced and outlined by certified staff.
  2. Assists the certified staff in devising special strategies for reinforcing learning materials and skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
  3. Monitors work, corrects papers, and supervises curriculum-based testing and makeup work as assigned by the certified staff.
  4. Serves as the chief source of information and help to any guest teacher assigned in the absence of the regular certified staff.
  5. Performs clerical, classroom maintenance, and instructional duties as assigned by the certified staff.
  6. Alerts the certified staff to any problem or special information about an individual student.
  7. Performs assigned supervision of students during lunch periods, play periods, and on field trips.
  8. Performs assigned non-instructional classroom duties, such as snack time, toileting, and clothing routines.
  9. When requested, serves as a resource person to the General Education Intervention Team and/or IEP / Title 1 / ESL Team(s). 
  
  TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
  

  • Approximately nine month working period

  • 60-day probation

  • Salary per salary schedule
  • Fulfills the requirements of the Texas Paraprofessional Standards 
    

  EVALUATION: Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Classified Personnel. 
  

• Substitute Teacher - All Grades

  Substitute Teacher Performance Responsibilities
  
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  Reports To
  School Principal
  
  Job Goal
  In the absence of the regular classroom teacher to help students to learn subject matter and/or skills that are required for scheduled lessons and to provide meaningful instruction for assigned classrooms.
  
  

  • Reports to school office at beginning of school day to pick up required materials/schedule of classes and at the end of the school day to return materials.  Follows sign out procedures as prescribed by the principal.
  • Carries out a program of study prescribed in the lesson plans left by the classroom teacher.
  • Creates a classroom environment that is conducive to learning and appropriate to the maturity and interests of the students.
  • Guides the learning process toward the achievement of curriculum goals and objectives as indicated in the lesson plans for the lessons, units, or projects assigned.
  • Employs instructional methods and materials that are most appropriate for meeting lesson objectives.
  • Maintains a neat and orderly classroom.  Straightens chairs, tables, clears chalkboard, etc.
  • Takes attendance in accordance with school procedures.
  • Indicates to students at beginning of class the basic expectations for behavior in the class in accordance with school and Normangee ISD School policies.
  • Insures that the students are never left unattended in the classroom.
  • May perform duties usually required of absent teacher such as lunchroom duty, hall monitoring, etc.
  • Knows emergency evacuation routes for the classrooms assigned.
  • Knows procedures for referring students who are disciplinary problems.
  • Knows school procedures and regulations. 
  • Performs other related duties as directed by principal

  
  NOTE: Complaints made by a school principal about a substitute teacher may result in the removal of the substitute from the Substitute List.