Paraeducator Moderate/Severe

Application deadline: August 6, 2026

About the District

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

About the Role

Under the supervision of an administrator and general direction of a classroom teacher, assists students with severe disabilities to meet their physical and emotional requirements throughout the instructional day; assists the teacher with record keeping and performs a variety of instructional support duties in developing life skills and/or physical care activities. The work need not be performed in the presence of the teacher, but the teacher retains responsibility for instruction and supervision.

Distinguishing Characteristics: Paraeducators work in special education settings where students have behavior, emotional, physical, language/communication, or learning disabilities. May spend a substantial portion of their time providing intervention to students who exhibit disruptive, aggressive, depressive, and/or self-injurious behaviors.

Responsibilities

• Assist students with severe disabilities to meet physical and emotional needs during the instructional day.
• Support the classroom teacher with record keeping and instructional duties.
• Develop and implement life skills and/or physical care activities.
• Provide intervention for students exhibiting disruptive, aggressive, depressive, or self-injurious behaviors.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Courses and/or in-service in psychology, behavior modification, and related fields are desirable but not required.
• Willingness to complete required training courses or in-service upon employment.
• One of the following:
  • A.A. degree,
  • 48 units beyond the high school diploma, or
  • Successful completion of the District Instructional Assistant Proficiency Test in reading, math, and writing per the Federal No Child Left Behind Act.
• Prefer experience in the care of children with learning disabilities and/or emotional disturbances.
• Training in crisis intervention is highly desirable.

Upon Conditional Offer of Employment

• DOJ and FBI Criminal Background Check.
• TB Test within the last 60 days (Education Code 49406, Assembly Bill 1667).
• Complete district Mandated Reporter training, Sexual Harassment training, etc.
• Must obtain and maintain a First Aid/CPR Certificate (In-Person Training ONLY).
• Pre-Employment Physical Evaluation conducted through the District (minimum 50 pounds lifting requirement).

Physical Demands

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, with or without aids.
• Sufficient strength to lift nonambulatory students, lift and move adaptive equipment, and physically restrain and control a student up to 200 pounds with assistance.
• Body movement and mobility to demonstrate gross motor activities, climb in and out of cars/vans/buses, walk and run with students, and 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.
• Manual dexterity to write and use telephone and other business/office machines.
• Occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and reaching.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written directions.

Schedule

9.5-month work year, 6.0 hours per day, 5 days a week.

Pay

$21.33 to $25.97 per hour.