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Orange County Public Schools · 5 days ago

PROGRAM ASST,BASIC,C

Orlando, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

Orange County Public Schools is seeking a Program Assistant to provide staff support in various school programs. The role involves assisting teachers and students in areas such as in-school suspension, bilingual education, and vocational training, while ensuring student behavior and adherence to conduct codes.

EducationHigher EducationPrimary EducationSecondary Education

Responsibilities

Responds to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous and empathetic manner representing OCPS in a positive light

Provides assistance and support in an assigned functional program, i.e., in-school suspension, juvenile detention, bilingual education, health screening, job placement, environmental education, vocational/technical training

Performs a wide variety of routine to moderately complex administrative support duties as applicable to assigned program, i.e., maintaining attendance and student records, printing and distributing reports, scoring examinations, filing documentation and materials, answering telephone inquiries

Monitors activities and behavior of students during program activities to ensure the physical and environmental safe keeping of students, as well as adherence to appropriate conduct and disciplinary controls

Assists teachers (or supervisors) with development and implementation of program curriculum, i.e., vocational and/or technical training, examination administration, environmental study, and behavior modification

Maintains and properly stores equipment, supplies and materials, as applicable to the assigned program, i.e., curriculum materials, examinations, student records, media and text materials, environmental laboratory supplies

Provides explanation, example and instruction to students consistent with the assigned program, reinforces skills according to individual student needs or as directed by supervisor

Performs recruitment activities as applicable to assigned program, i.e., potential employers, parental involvement, community agencies, community resources, student participation, and family eligibility

Assesses exceptional student skills and employability for the purpose of identifying job placement potential; assists with job placement coordination and transition

Assists teachers (or supervisors) in checking and objectively evaluating students' performance or progress; teaches students individually and in groups reinforcing skills based upon instructional guidelines

Establishes and maintains effective communications and working relationships with various entities applicable to assigned program, i.e., district administrators, school staff, students, parents, community agencies, community employers

Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position

Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities

Qualification

Bilingual educationVocational trainingJob placementAdministrative supportCommunication skillsData utilizationHuman interactionVerbal aptitudeMathematical aptitudeFunctional reasoningSituational reasoning

Required

Associate's degree or higher; or at least sixty (60) semester hours from an accredited institution of higher education (official transcripts required to validate education)

supplemented by a minimum of three (3) years progressively knowledgeable and responsible experience applicable to the assigned functional program (i.e., in-school suspension, juvenile detention, bilingual education, health screening, job placement, environmental education, and vocational/technical training), with demonstrated administrative support skills and ability to effectively communicate program goals and objectives

All applicants for this position must be highly qualified prior to the start of their employment with Orange County Public Schools

The district will no longer permit non-certified program assistant, certified, job applicants to obtain highly-qualified status by attending the Educational Paraprofessional Academy

Passing a third-party provided paraprofessional certification exam (e.g., ParaPro Assessment) can substitute for the educational requirement

Requires the ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data and/or information using established criteria

Requires the ability to apply principles of leadership, persuasion and/or influence

Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of modern office and computer equipment and related peripherals

Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and advisory data and information

Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; may require ability to calculate decimals and percentages depending on functional program of assignment

Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership

Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable

Tasks involve the ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds)

Most tasks require visual perception and discrimination

Some tasks require oral communications ability

Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds

Depending on program of assignment, tasks may present potential for exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, temperature extremes, animals/wildlife, or violence