Job Description
Job Class: Special Education Community Access/Transition Paraeducator (S10W)
Salary Range: $34.25 - $40.07/hourly
Location: Elementary Schools, Frank McCoppin ES
Calendar: Part Time, School Term
S10E - Specialized Physical Health Procedure of Administration of Emergency Anti-Seizure Medication (Diastat ®)
Who We Are
The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh largest school district in California, serving more than 50,000 students who speak more than 44 documented languages across 130 schools in the city of San Francisco every year. We aim for every student who attends SFUSD schools to discover his or her spark, along with a strong sense of self and purpose, and that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career, and equipped with the skills, capacities and dispositions outlined in SFUSD’s Graduate Profile. Every day in our quest to achieve this mission we provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21st century.
What It Means to Work Here
The SFUSD community is unified by our Core Values:
• Student-centered: We put students’ needs first
• Fearless: We persist through challenges
• United: We celebrate and build on each other’s strengths
• Social Justice: We stand with those most vulnerable in our community
• Diversity-driven: We respect and seek to understand each person
Who We Want
We want talented people from diverse backgrounds and experiences, who are inspired by our mission, steeped in equity, and who are motivated to unleash our children’s potential. We want people who are strong collaborators, skilled communicators, and problem solvers who are comfortable in a community of continuous learning.
Under supervision of a teacher/administrator, assists in the direct delivery of instruction in a classroom setting with pupils who have severely impaired conditions as determined by an individualized education program (IEP). The primary objective of such assistance is to affect learning for mastery by implementing both developmental and remedial methods in basic skill areas and content areas. The employee assists certificated staff by: implementing lesson plans (activities which include reviewing and correcting the work of pupils), participating in parent conferences, proctoring examinations, keeping relevant records, operating instructional equipment in appropriate instructional settings, as well as performing related duties as required. Some positions may require conversational and written skills in a specific language(s) other than English related to the needs of the assignment. An ability to translate and adapt materials to and from English into that language(s) may also be required. Some positions may require that the employee furnish a certificate of clearance from the Department of Motor Vehicles in order to meet District insurability.
Description of Functions and Responsibilities:
To provide specialized physical health care procedures to Special Education and Section 504 eligible students; to maintain records and documents related to the provision of physical health care procedures.
Distinguishing Characteristics: Specialized physical health care procedures will be performed under the direct or indirect supervision of a credentialed school district nurse, after completion of a training module designed within the parameters of the California School Nurse Organization’s
Green Book: Guidelines for Specialized Physical Healthcare Services in School Settings, 2nd Edition, 2011. Physical health care procedures can only be executed after demonstrating competency performing the procedures. A skill-based demonstration of competency will be required yearly.
Minimum Qualifications:
• One of the following: An Associate’s Degree or higher, 48 college units, or successful completion of CBEST.
• Successful completion of Community First Aid and Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training every two years (funded through district).
• Respond to electronic request to administer emergency anti-seizure medication.
• Successful annual completion of one training module of the following physical health care procedure:
• * Emergency anti-seizure medication administration
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills:
In addition to the knowledge, abilities, and skills of the S10 All Impairments, the S10F Specialized Physical Health Care Procedures will be:
• Able to take direction from a certified school district nurse.
• Able to demonstrate competency to perform the above procedure (Diastat)
• Able to accurately record and document Diastat procedure performed on the student-Able to understand the needs SPED and 504 students who are eligible for services
• Able to maintain and monitor designated equipment and supplies needed administration of Diastat.
• Able to respond to emergency situations in accordance with First Aid/CPR training and individual students’ emergency care plans.
Indemnification:
Each S10E will be provided defense and indemnification by SFUSD for any and all civil/criminal liability that could arise in connection with the specialized health care procedure performed by the S10E.
Requirements:
• Written agreement to volunteer for administration of emergency anti-seizure medication.
• Successful completion of emergency anti-seizure medication training module.
• Monthly review by School District Nurse of required specialized health care procedure being performed with relation to meeting the needs of the student.
How to Apply
• Visit https://jobs.sfusd.edu/ and create a new account to begin your application.
• You will be prompted to electronically attach a letter of interest, resume, list of professional references and any applicable credentials or licenses
• Our Human Resources team will then review your entire application to determine your eligibility status and contact you directly should you move forward in the process
Verification
Applicants may be required to submit verification of qualifying education and experience at any point during the recruitment and selection process. If education verification is required, information on how to verify education requirements, including verifying foreign education credits or degree equivalency, can be found at http://sfdhr.org/how-verify-education-requirements.
Note: Falsifying one’s education, training, or work experience or attempted deception on the application may result in disqualification from this and future job opportunities with the San Francisco Unified School District.
District Nondiscrimination Statement:
San Francisco Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, sexual harassment and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, reproductive health decision making, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, veteran or military status, or genetic information, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics or any other basis protected by law or regulation, in its educational program(s) or employment.
For more information about the District's non-discrimination policy, please review Board Policy 4030.
Title IX Nondiscrimination Statement and Grievance Procedures:
Any person may report sex discrimination, including sexual harassment (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute sex discrimination or sexual harassment), in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail, using the contact information listed for the Title IX Coordinator, or by any other means that results in the Title IX Coordinator receiving the person's verbal or written report. Such a report may be made at any time (including during non-business hours) by using the telephone number or electronic mail address, or by mail to the office address, listed for the Title IX Coordinator.
District Title IX Coordinator:
Eva Kellogg
Office of Equity
555 Franklin Street, 3rd Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94102
415-355-7334 or equity@sfusd.edu
For more information on the District’s Sexual Harassment policy and grievance procedures, please review Board Policy 4034.
Title IX Nondiscrimination Statement and Grievance Procedures:
Any person may report discrimination on the basis of a physical or mental disability (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute discrimination on the basis of a physical or mental disability), in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail, using the contact information listed for the Section 504 Coordinator.
District Section 504 Coordinator:
Alicia Rodriguez
1515 Quintara St., San Francisco, CA, 94116
(415) 242-2615 or rodrigueza@sfusd.edu