Job Description

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

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