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Required Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent
• Effective beginning the 2022-2023 school year, ESE Assistants at all Non-Title 1 schools must possess an Associate’s degree from an accredited institution, or must have completed two years of coursework (60 credit hours minimum) from an accredited institution, or must pass the ParaPro assessment that includes reading, writing and math prior to the end of the current school year.
• ESE Assistants at all Title I schools must possess an Associate’s degree from an accredited institution, or must have completed two years of coursework (60 credit hours minimum) from an accredited institution, or must pass the ParaPro assessment that includes reading, writing and math.
• ESE Assistants hired as a Behavioral Health Assistant must successfully complete Safe Crisis Management (SCM) training within the first 6 months of employment. All ESE Assistants assigned to Bannerman Learning Center must successfully complete SCM.
• ESE Assistants hired as a Behavioral Health Assistant or General Health Assistant must successfully complete the training requirements for CPR, First Aid and Medication Administration as required by Federal Medicaid regulations. Training will be provided by the School Board during contracted working hours at the employee’s regular rate of pay and must be completed within six (6) months of employment.
• General Health Assistants must be able to lift 35 pounds.
• Upon receipt of an ESOL student must successfully complete a one-time eighteen (18) hour requirement for ESOL training that must be finished within one (1) year of the receipt of the ESOL student. (Consent Decree, U.S. District Court, Miami Division, Case No. 90-193 IV.A.6)
• If transportation of students is a routine part of the assigned duties: must have a valid Florida driver’s license and a safe driving record prior to employment; must maintain the same while employed. The definition of “safe driving record” shall be as established in the District’s Safe Driver Plan.

Required Qualifications for CPR, First Aid, and Medication Management:

Successful completion of training requirements in CPR, First Aid and Medication Administration as required by Federal Medicaid regulations to be provided by the School Board during contracted working hours at the employee's regular rate of pay within 6 months of employment for Behavioral Health Assistants or General Health Assistants assigned to a unit with a Medicaid student. Effective March 1, 2009, all Behavioral Health Assistant or General Health Assistant job holders must have successfully completed the training.