Current Openings
Date: September 1, 2023
Positions: Assistant Varsity Girls Basketball Coach
Head Softball Coach
Positions Available: 2023-2024 School Year
Application Deadline: September 15, 2023
Qualified candidates should send a letter of interest and resume to:
Stacey Guenot, Assistant to the Superintendent
516 Allport Cutoff
Morrisdale, PA 16858
sguenot@westbranch.org
Must be able to obtain Acts 34, 114, 151 clearances.
Date: August 31, 2023
Positions: Anticipated Personal Care Paraprofessional:
Assignment (2023-2024) – Middle School
Hours: 5.95 Hours per day, Monday through Friday with 30-minute duty free lunch
(part-time)
JOB SUMMARY: Serves as an aide to assist an individual student with various tasks they need to accomplish as part of their learning environment.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assists the student with academic problems as directed by the teacher.
- Assists the student with any physical needs after they have entered the school building and until they leave, such as dressing and undressing, fire drills, eating, wheelchair mobility, etc.
- Reads to the student, listens to student read and participates in other skill building communication exercises.
- Works with the student to reinforce material already learned or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
- Assists the student with related health service and toileting and accompany students on field trips. May need to lift students on regular basis.
- Assists the teacher in dealing with the individual student’s academic progress and related social problems as they relate to the instructional program.
- Communicates in writing to parents, if requested, on the subject matter covered.
- Will assist the child with physical exercises when requested by physical or occupational therapists.
- Performs other duties as requested by the Special Education Supervisor.
QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must be 20 years of age or older. High school graduate, proficient in English and math. Balancing, stooping, twisting, and crouching in repetitive motions along with reaching with extended hands and arms in repetitive motion. Walking at moderate pace, able to lift fifty (50) pounds to a vertical height of thirty (30) inches. Required to use hands and fingers to pick, pinch, seize, hold, and grasp to feel. Able to communicate verbally and to have no more than a forty (40) decibel hearing loss. Vision clarity requirements are far, near and mid-range (less than twenty (20) inches over and twenty (20) feet) along with depth perception, visual quality, ability to identify colors and field of vision. Work is an internal office-type environment, with some levels of noise, with the ability to exert pounds of force. May be required to assist students with orthopedic devices. When needed, aide is responsible for making sure physically disabled student is safely removed from or placed in appropriate seat and transported to and from classroom. Must be aware of student medication and possible reactions and any allergies.
Please submit a letter of interest and resume to Stacey Guenot, 516 Allport Cutoff, Morrisdale, PA 16858. Deadline for applications is 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 14, 2023.
Date: September 6, 2023
Position: Drama Director
Position Available: 2023-24 School Year – salary as per contract
Application Deadline: September 20, 2023
Acts 34, 114, and 151 clearances will be required upon hire.
Please submit a letter of interest and resume to Stacey Guenot by 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 20, 2023.
516 Allport Cutoff, Morrisdale, PA 16858.
Date: August 6, 2023 (Short Notice Posting)
Position: Pre-K Classroom Paraprofessional (2023-2024 school year)
Hours: 5.95 Hours per day, Monday through Friday with 30-minute duty free lunch.
JOB SUMMARY: Serves to assist teachers with various duties requiring working with children and performing various clerical duties.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Facilitate small group instruction under the direction of the teacher.
- Assist individual students with readiness/academic activities as directed.
- Prepares instructional materials.
- Distributes and collects materials and papers used by students for instructional purposes.
- Assists the teacher in dealing with individual student’s academic and social problems as they relate to the instructional program.
- Works closely with the teacher in maintaining established standards of proper student behavior.
- Assists with student assessments.
- Assists teachers in preparing progress reports.
- May be required to escort students, in hall to classes, etc.., and accompany students on field trips.
- Monitor/assist students in the restrooms and cafeteria as needed.
- Work in regular classrooms with inclusion students.
- May be required to tutor small groups of students under teacher direction.
- Performs other job-related duties as directed by the teacher or supervisor.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Must hold one of the following certifications:
- CDA Certification for Preschool
- 2 years of Post-Secondary Education (Associate Degree)
- Two years of post-secondary education (minimum of 60 credits)
Willingness to work with children. Strong interpersonal skills required with knowledge of basic math, English, punctuation, and spelling are necessary. Balancing, stooping, twisting, and crouching in repetitive motions, along with reaching with extended hands and arms in repetitive motion. Walking at moderate pace, able to lift twenty (20) pounds to a vertical height of thirty-six (36) inches. Required to use hands and fingers to pick, pinch, seize, hold, grasp, and to feel. Able to communicate verbally and to have no more than a forty (40) decibel hearing loss. Vision clarity requirements are far, near and mid-range (less than twenty (20) inches and over twenty (20) feet) along with depth perception, visual quality, ability to identify colors and field of vision. Work is an internal office-type environment with some levels of noise.
Please submit a letter of interest to Mrs. Stacey Guenot.
516 Allport Cutoff, Morrisdale, PA 16858
Deadline for applications is 3:00 p.m., Friday, August 11, 2023.
Date: July 17, 2023
Position: Dedicated Paraprofessional Substitute ($11/hour)
Hours: 5.95 hours daily/Monday through Friday with 30-minute duty free lunch
QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must be 20 years of age or older and a high school graduate.
Must be able to obtain Act 34, Act 151 and fingerprinting clearances, Mandated Reporter Training, TB test and physical.
Please submit a letter of interest and resume to Stacey Guenot.
Position will remain open until filled.
516 Allport Cutoff, Morrisdale, PA 16858.
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Clearances
Act 151 – PA Child Abuse History clearance: Here
Act 34 – PA State Police Criminal Record clearance: Here
Act 114 – FBI Fingerprint Criminal Record clearance (School District code 1KG6XN) : Here
Act 24 and Act 82 – Arrest/Conviction Report and Certification Form: Here
The West Branch Area School District is an Equal-Opportunity Employer