Special education preschool teacher vs education paraprofessional

Differences between special education preschool teacher and education paraprofessional duties and responsibilities

Special education preschool teacher example responsibilities.

• Work in collaboration with a team of PTs, OTs, and SLPs to achieve educational goals.
• Instruct students with disabilities, including autism, learning disabilities and early childhood delays.
• Work as the lead classroom teacher in a preschool classroom for children with autism and relate disorders.
• Communicate with supervising instructional staff and professional support personnel for the purpose of assisting in evaluating progress and/or implementing IEP objectives.
• Improve students' communication and self-help skills.
• Conduct FBA's and create BIP's as needed.
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Education paraprofessional example responsibilities.

• Work with ESL and special needs students, individually and in small groups, to attain their learning objectives
• Help student become more independent and achieve organizational goals by using self-monitore checklists and adaptive technology.
• Perform responsible human support and paraprofessional work assisting classroom teacher or other professionals, achieve institution objectives.
• Perform technical, clerical and instructional support tasks in a Pre-K classroom for the physically impair
• Target instructional learning activities especially in core content areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies.
• Help assist in Pre-K classroom.
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