Kindergarten aide vs para educator

Differences between kindergarten aide and para educator duties and responsibilities

Kindergarten aide example responsibilities.

• Work with ESL and special needs students, individually and in small groups, to attain their learning objectives
• Head classroom instruction in all basic subject area: reading, writing, math, social studies, and science.
• Work with small groups to provide enrichment in literacy and mathematics.
• Provide enrichment activities to aide student in meeting goals set in the IEP.
• Assist in delivering services require by the student's IEP, such as occupational therapy twice daily.
• Teach basic skills such as color, shape, math, reading, letter recognition, personal hygiene and social skills.
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Para educator example responsibilities.

• Perform responsible human support and paraprofessional work assisting classroom teacher or other professionals, achieve institution objectives.
• Work daily with a small group of 4th grade students in language arts in the morning and mathematics in the afternoon.
• Plan and implement lesson and in a k-5 school.
• Assist teacher in every aspect of curriculum, CPR certify.
• Certify in CPR, first aide, used when necessary.
• Certify through CPI to be able to physically restrain when necessary.
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