Paraprofessionals definition

Paraprofessionals means education assistants who assist a teacher in instruction and hold Level 3 education assistant licensure.
Paraprofessionals means teacher aides who work under the supervision of a teacher to support the instruction of students.
Paraprofessionals shall be construed to mean employees in the following positions: Building Paraprofessional, Classroom Paraprofessional, Office Paraprofessional and Special Needs Paraprofessional.

Examples of Paraprofessionals in a sentence

  • Seniority, for the purposes of this agreement shall be defined as length of permanent employment in the Rockport Public Schools by job classification (Custodians, Administrative Secretaries, Paraprofessionals, licensed Speech and Language Pathologist Assistant and Clerks).

  • Custodians/Maintenance will be entitled to 15 days per year Administrative Secretaries will be entitled to 15 days per year Paraprofessionals will be entitled to 13 days per year School Clerks will be entitled to 13 days per year Sick leave shall be available as of the first day of the job classification’s work year.

  • Para-professionals Those Para-professionals (Bargaining Unit Members) not required to work on scheduled days and/or hours of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities, such as severe storms, fires, epidemics, utility power unavailability, water or sewer failure, or health conditions as defined by the city, county, or state health authorities, will be paid for the first six Act of God days.

  • Paraprofessionals who hold valid Michigan Teaching Certificates or valid Substitute Teaching Permits and who are on the building substitute list shall be provided the first opportunity to sub for the teacher in their assigned classroom after the permanent substitute teachers have been assigned subject to the procedures outlined in “A” below.

  • Paraprofessionals who experience personal health problems such as alcoholism, drug abuse, depression, stress, or similar illness, may access the Denver Public Schools Employee Assistance Program.


More Definitions of Paraprofessionals

Paraprofessionals. The bargaining unit member shall be granted a maximum of five (5) days paid leave per death for immediate family members, which shall be deducted from sick leave. (Immediate family is as defined in 1 (b) (1), above.) Up to five (5) additional paid days may be granted upon request of the employee for emergency or unusual needs.
Paraprofessionals means all personnel employed under the titles of Instructional Aide, Bilingual Aide, Clerical Aide, Supported Ed Instructional (SEIA) Aide, 1/on/1 Aide, STLR (Autism) Aide, CARES (ED) Aide, Multi-Needs Aide, Cross Categorical Aide, Early Childhood Aide, Bilingual Special Ed Aide, Bilingual Speech/SPED Aide and Transition/STEP Aide.
Paraprofessionals means only regularly employed paraprofessionals.
Paraprofessionals shall refer to unit Employees holding positions as "aides.” The terms are interchangeable as long as they do not modify any substantial provision of the agreement.
Paraprofessionals means all employees in the appropriate unit employed by the Employer in classifications excluding the following: (1) confidential employees; (2) supervisory employees; (3) essential employees; (4) part-time employees whose services do not exceed the lesser of 14 hours per week or
Paraprofessionals means all employees in the appropriate unit employed by the Employer in classifications excluding the following: (1) confidential employees; (2) supervisory
Paraprofessionals and “teacher aides” are noncertificated personnel with instructional duties; the terms are synonymous. Service as a paraprofessional or teacher aide requires a “statement of approvalissued by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), unless the individual holds certification of at least a bachelor’s degree, a professional vocational certificate, is completing an approved clinical experience, and/or is student teaching. A paraprofessional or teacher aide in a targeted assistance program that is paid with federal funds under Title I, Part A, or in a school-wide program that is supported with such funds, shall hold a “statement of approval,” issued by the ISBE, for this purpose. Individuals with only non-instructional duties (e.g., providing technical support for computers, providing personal care services, or performing clerical duties) are not paraprofessionals or teacher aides and the requirements in this section do not apply. In addition, individuals who are completing their clinical experiences and/or student teaching do not need to comply with this section, provided they otherwise qualify for instructional duties under ISBE rules.