Dear Mrs. Ansah,
I am applying for the Special Education Paraprofessional position at Sunridge Elementary. I currently support six students across two grade levels under the resource teacher, and your posting's mention of behavior plan support is the part of the role I have most experience with.
I work from written behavior plans rather than improvising, and I record what happened before an incident rather than only what happened during it. That antecedent record is what let our resource teacher change one student's plan in October instead of waiting for the spring review.
I came to schools from retail management, where most of the job was staying calm while somebody else was not. That transferred more directly than I expected, and it is why I sought out the behavior side of this work rather than avoiding it.
I qualified through the Arizona Paraprofessional Assessment, and I hold a substitute teaching certificate and current Nonviolent Crisis Intervention certification.
I would like to hear which grade levels the role would cover and how the resource team divides its caseload. I am glad to meet whenever suits the school.
Sincerely, Devon Halloway