The Bibb County School District is now accepting applications for a PBIS Paraprofessional for the 2024-2025 School Year. 

 

 
Job Title: ISS Paraprofessional
Reports To: Principal Salary:   (Grade 34) 
Summary Description of Classification:
Provides individually oriented instruction and guidance to students assigned to the in-school suspension program.  Assists the principal in the implementation of the school’s Positive Behavior Intervention Support plan to support the district’s mission.
 
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The In-School Suspension (ISS) Paraprofessional shall:
  1. Provide and facilitate individual and group activities designed to assist ISS students in:
  2. Accepting responsibility for their behavior.
  3. Changing that behavior.
  4. Developing and carrying out plans designed to increase self-management skills.
  5. Provide supportive instructional services by:
  6. Assisting students who may need help in completing daily classroom assignments or in applying essential academic skills.
  7. Coordinating students’ classroom assignments with their regular classroom teachers to assure continuity of classroom assignments.
  8. Maintain discipline in the ISS room along with the structure established for the ISS Program.
  9. Coordinate with student support staff in order to provide the needed services. Student support staff are defined as school counselor, school social worker, and school psychologist.
  10. Provide assistance to student support staff in implementing a comprehensive program of alternative strategies designed to prevent and minimize the frequency of inappropriate student behavior.
  11. Refer to support staff those students who are in need of further counseling.
  12. Work cooperatively with the Director of Special Instruction to assure that the school system’s due process procedures are followed if a special education student is to be considered for placement in the ISS Program.
  13. Maintain current records regarding students’ academic and behavioral progress, attendance, and other written information required for the school system and the state.
  14. Complete and submit as required by the building principal such reports and other information required for program implementation and evaluation.
  15. Take precautions to protect records, materials, and equipment.
  16. Maintain regular attendance and follow procedures established by the Principal if illness necessitates being absent.
  17. Meet the requirements of the classroom paraprofessional job description in the context of the In School Suspension Program.
Education, Training and Experience: Minimum of an Associate degree, the equivalent of 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours from an accredited institution.
Certificate and License Requirements: None
Physical Demands: (Special requirements such as lifting heavy objects and frequent climbing). Ability to move around the classroom including stooping, bending, standing for extended periods and moving objects and materials. Crisis intervention may require participating in physical restraints.
Special Requirements: None