Area Middle School_Paraprofessional, Special Education (Redan MS) 2025-2026

Essential Job Duties

• Aids students with physical needs, such as feeding, toileting, lifting, and mobility.
• Aids 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 supervision of students before and after school and during other non-instructional transitional periods.
• Aids teachers with the assessment of student performance (standardized and non-standardized testing) and other recordkeeping tasks.
• Aids 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

• High school diploma or GED and pass the GACE Paraprofessional Assessment, required.
• Associate degree or higher from a Georgia Professional Standards Commission-approved accredited college or university required.
• 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.
• Must obtain a valid Professional Standards Commission-approved paraprofessional certificate.

The salary grade/schedule is Unified 108 and the salary schedules can be found here. The material contained herein is subject to change. All open positions offered by the DeKalb County School District are subject to specific job requirements. The DeKalb County School District is an equal opportunity employer, and all hiring decisions are subject to federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.