2026-2027 Paraeducator Moderate/Severe Elementary Hiring Pool - Folsom

About the role

FCUSD is a growing public school district focused on hiring and retaining excellent staff that represent the communities we serve. Staff are expected to inspire excellence in all students by supporting their social-emotional wellness and academic growth, working as a team to create welcoming and inclusive environments at school sites and the district office, with a focus on customer service and system improvement. Staff who choose FCUSD will be supported as they learn their job and will have opportunities to grow professionally.

Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of an administrator and general direction of a classroom teacher, assist students with severe disabilities to meet their physical and emotional requirements throughout the instructional day.
• Assist the teacher with record keeping.
• Perform a variety of instructional support duties in developing life skills and/or physical care activities.
• May spend a substantial portion of time providing intervention to students who exhibit disruptive, aggressive, depressive, and/or self‑injurious behaviors.
• Work in special education settings serving students with behavioral, emotional, physical, language/communication, or learning disabilities.
• The work need not be performed in the presence of the teacher, but the teacher retains responsibility for instruction and supervision.

Qualifications

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent; courses and/or in‑service in psychology, behavior modification, and other related fields desirable but not required; willingness to complete such training as may be required upon employment.
• Alternatively, an A.A. degree (if foreign, evaluated by a CTC‑approved agency), 48 units beyond high school diploma, or successful completion of the District Instructional Assistant Proficiency Test in reading, math, and per the Federal No Child Left Behind Act.
• Experience: Prefer experience in the care of children with learning disabilities and/or emotional disturbances; training in crisis intervention highly desirable.
• Upon conditional offer: DOJ and FBI criminal background check; TB test within the last 60 days; complete district Mandated Reporter training, Sexual Harassment training, etc.; obtain and maintain a First Aid/CPR certificate (in‑person only); pass a pre‑employment physical evaluation conducted through the district (minimum 50‑pound lift).

Requirements

• Significant physical abilities: ability to lift up to 50 pounds; sufficient strength to lift non‑ambulatory students; lift and move adaptive equipment; physically restrain and control a student up to 200 pounds with assistance; sufficient body movement and mobility to demonstrate gross motor activities; climb in and out of cars, vans, and buses; walk and run with students; climb well enough to go up and down stairs; maneuver students into and out of vehicles, wheelchairs, and toilets.
• Sufficient vision to read printed material, with or without aids; sufficient hearing to hear normal and telephone conversations, with or without aids; ability to speak in an understandable voice with sufficient volume to be heard in normal conversation; manual dexterity to write and use telephone and other business/office machines.
• The usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions require occasional lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling, climbing and balancing; stooping, kneeling, crouching; reaching, understanding, and following oral and written directions.

Pay

Salary: $21.33 to $25.97 per hour.

Schedule

Work months: 9.5; Hours: 5.75 hours per day, 5 days a week.