Area High School_Paraprofessional, Special Education (Lakeside HS) 2026-2027

Essential Job Duties

• Affords assistance to students with physical needs including feeding, toileting, lifting, and mobility.
• Affords assistance to students with health care procedures including hygiene and medications as needed for daily care.
• Provides small groups and/or individualized instruction to students, in accordance with lesson plans developed by the teacher.
• Maintains oversight of students before and after school and during other non-instructional transitional periods.
• Affords support to teachers with daily classroom management activities designed to ensure that students demonstrate behavior that is conducive to an effective learning environment.
• Affords support to teachers with the assessment of student performance (standardized and non-standardized testing) and other recordkeeping tasks.
• Affords support to teachers with the development and organization of appropriate instructional materials for use with students and ensures the availability of these materials prior to scheduled instructional segments.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• A high school diploma or GED and pass the GACE Paraprofessional Assessment, required.
• An associate degree or higher from a Georgia Professional Standards Commission approved accredited college or university, required.
• A minimum of sixty (60) semester hours or ninety (90) quarter hours of college courses completed with a GPA (Grade Point Average) of 2.0 or higher from a Georgia Professional Standards Commission-approved accredited college or university, preferred.
• Must obtain a valid Professional Standards Commission approved paraprofessional certificate.

Pay

The salary grade/schedule is Unified 108 and the salary schedules can be found here.