2026-2027 Special Education Assistant (SHS)

Employment days: 190 – exact daily hours to be determined by the supervisor. Salary rate: $26,280–$41,691.

Application Requirements

Required documents must be scanned and uploaded in AppliTrack. Documents will not be accepted otherwise. Your application must be complete for review; incomplete applications will not be reviewed.

• Letter of Interest
• Resume
• Copy of official transcripts verifying an Associate’s degree or higher from an accredited college or a minimum of 60 credit hours from an accredited college (original official transcripts must be provided at new hire orientation); OR copy of qualifying Praxis Paraprofessional test scores of 456 or higher. Applicants interested in taking the Paraprofessional Praxis exam can visit http://berkeley.schoolwires.net/Page/14574 for additional information.
• Negative TB test results under 1 year old. BCSD strongly encourages all applicants to upload their TB test results. If the test has not been completed, upload a Word document acknowledging that the results will be uploaded as soon as the test is completed. A delay in submitting TB test results will postpone the onboarding process.

Paraprofessional Praxis exams are offered through Berkeley County School District and Dorchester District 2. There is a registration cost of $75 that must be submitted at the time the test is administered.