Paraeducator Special Education - Mild to Moderate Disabilties (CASE) FULL TIME

Employment Type: Full-time, 6.5 hours per day

Pay

Base Salary: $18.41 per hour

• Performance Pay available annually
• New Hire Experience: 1% for two or more years of full-time like experience and an additional 1% per year, not to exceed the maximum hiring range of 5%
• New Hire Education: 1% of hourly rate for a college degree in a similar field, combined with work experience credit not to exceed the maximum hiring range of 5%

Schedule

Full-time, 9-month position: July 13–May 20, 2027

• 184 work days
• 11 paid holidays
• 195 total paid days

Benefits

• Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
• Matched retirement through the Arizona State Retirement System
• Health and life insurance
• Wellness programs
• Professional growth credit

About the Role

Provide instructional support under the supervision of the special education teacher in a special education environment or as required by an individual education plan (IEP). Support students with mild to moderate cognitive and/or physical needs in a specialized classroom.

Responsibilities

• Student Support & Instruction: Reinforce material by providing one-on-one or small-group instruction. Assist with academic, physical, and emotional needs following each student's IEP guidelines.
• Personal Care & Medical Assistance: Safely lift and transfer students to help with daily activities. Provide support with personal care needs (e.g., toileting, feeding, dressing, suctioning, and tube feeding). Administer basic first aid and emergency rescue medications to ill, medically fragile, or injured students.
• Social-Emotional Development: Assist students with social and emotional needs, helping them build positive behaviors and navigate social situations. Implement behavioral plans and strategies to foster a productive and positive learning environment.
• Behavioral & Safety Management: Implement behavioral plans to help students modify behaviors that conflict with a positive learning environment. Supervise students during school activities and report concerns such as substance use, child abuse, or dangerous situations.
• Collaboration & Administrative Duties: Assist with assessments and data collection under the supervision of the certified teacher. Participate in required meetings and training. Translate for students, parents, and staff when required.
• General Operations: Help maintain a quiet and orderly classroom. Operate and care for instructional equipment. Perform all duties safely and prudently, following district policies and supervisor directives.

Core Values

• Excellence: Strive for excellence in all aspects of the organization.
• Equity and Fairness: Provide opportunities, tools, and ability for all students, staff, and patrons to succeed and excel.
• Collaboration: Use collaboration as an effective decision-making and morale-enhancing model.
• Integrity: Uphold honesty, integrity, and reliability as non-negotiable foundations of the organization.
• Efficiency: Demonstrate good stewardship of public trust by carefully using available resources.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• One of the following:
  • Associate's degree
  • 60 semester hours from an accredited university
  • Passing score on an AZ state-approved competency exam (provided by the district at no cost to employee)
• CPR/First Aid certification (provided by the district)
• Ability to operate standard office equipment, including a computer and related software
• Satisfactory criminal background check

Professional Qualities

• Respond to all internal and external customers in a prompt, efficient, friendly, and patient manner
• Function effectively as a team member
• Be responsible, reliable, and punctual
• Be flexible and adaptable to change
• Positively accept direction
• Maintain courteous, cooperative working relationships with students, staff, and parents
• Direct constructive criticism toward improving the district
• Exercise positive problem-solving behavior and conflict resolution skills
• Adhere to the dress code appropriate to the site and job
• Share sensitive student and staff information on a need-to-know basis
• Be a positive role model for students
• Work with a large cross-section of people in a professional and non-judgmental manner

Physical Requirements

• Mobility and Movement: Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, stand, walk, and sit. Involves repetitive finger and manual dexterity.
• Sensory and Communication: Ability to speak, hear, and see (with correction) to perform essential job functions.
• Physical Exertion:
  • Occasionally: Lift or move objects weighing up to 50 pounds
  • Frequently: Lift or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds
  • Constantly: Lift or move objects weighing up to 10 pounds

Work Environment

• May be exposed to odors, dust, poor ventilation, workspace restrictions, bloodborne pathogens, and loud noises
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job