Intervenor / Paraeducator
Location: Phoenix, AZ 85012 ( Onsite )
6 Months Contract
Schedule: 7 AM - 3 PM
Job Description:
willing to learn low level sign language
- young children
- in classroom setting
Intervenor specialist
This position provides direct support to a student with deaf blindness; follow the IEP, implement modifications and instructional techniques recommended, and become proficient in the students' communication methods and strategies.
Working under the direction of a student’s classroom teacher or other individuals responsible for ensuring implementation of a student’s IEP, an intervener’s primary roles are to:
• Provide consistent access to instruction and environmental information using the student’s mode of communication, which could be auditory, visual, or tactual.
• Facilitate concept development
• Provide access to and/or assist in the development and use of receptive and expressive communication skills
• Facilitate the development and maintenance of trusting, interactive relationships that promote social and emotional well-being
• Provide support to form relationships with others and increase social connections and participation in activities
• Assist in lifting and caring for students, which may include: toileting, feeding, and hygiene
• Communicate with teachers or other IEP team members on modifications made for the student and updates on student progress
TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE:
• Minimum Qualifications: Associate’s (or higher) degree or completion of two years (60 semester credit hours) of study at an institution of higher education or passing score on nationally recognized para-educator exam.
• Current CPR, First Aid, and Crisis Intervention Training certifications or ability to obtain within the required timeline.
• Participate in ongoing training such as
• Open Hands Open Access intervener training modules or other training
• provided by the AZ Deafblind Project.
Preferred Qualifications:
• ASL (American Sign Language) skills if working with students/staff who are deaf or hard of hearing
• Braille Skills if working with students who use Braille.
LICENSING/CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS:
• Must be able to pass FBI and State background check or Fingerprint Clearance Card as required by policy or Statute
• Defensive Driver Training Program to be completed by all agency personnel that drive on State business
KNOWLEDGE OF:
• Policies, procedures, and programs of the immediate work unit
• Principles and practices of administration and management
• Agency or program rules, regulations, and operating procedures
• Instructional methods and learning strategies for students with combined vision and hearing loss
• Behavior management techniques
• Use of technology to modify materials for the student
DEMONSTRATED SKILL/ABILITY TO:
• Communicate information and ideas effectively so that others will understand
• Work with minimal supervision, with the ability to problem solve, prioritize,
• and maintain good organization of materials and tasks
Required Skills
ASL (American Sign Language) or willing to learn low level sign language