Special Education Para Educator 3 - 2026-27 Clyde Hill Elementary

About the Role

This position assists and supports students with individual learning needs to maximize student success, with a focus on those with significant disabilities. The role involves implementing Individual Education Programs (IEPs), providing academic and behavioral support, and ensuring student safety and independence.

Responsibilities

• Provides for the physical, health, and safety needs of students.
• Offers social, emotional, behavioral, and educational support for students with significant disabilities.
• Implements components of Individual Education Programs (IEPs) as required.
• Provides direct academic, functional, vocational, and specifically designed instruction.
• Serves as an advocate and support for students with disabilities in their least restrictive environment.
• Supports students with significant emotional regulation challenges.
• Ensures the safety of students and staff when dealing with escalated behavior.
• Encourages and fosters student independence in all settings.
• Collects data as directed by the case manager/teacher.
• Responds to student medical needs within the scope of the position.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High school graduation or equivalent.
• One of the following:
  • ETS Paraeducator Assessment, or
  • Associate of Arts degree (original transcripts), or
  • 72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits at an institution of higher education (original transcripts), or
  • Completion of a registered apprenticeship program (certificate).
  Foreign degrees accepted if evaluated by a NACES member company.
• Washington State Driver’s License (Type II may be required for some assignments).
• First Aid/CPR certification required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with students in self-contained learning settings.
• Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement.
• Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) training.
• Right Response Training.
• Experience working with behaviorally disabled students.

Skills

• Understands child development and behavior.
• Knowledgeable of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
• Understands safety procedures for students and staff.
• Knowledge of behavior modification programs, including restraint techniques.
• Utilizes adaptive technology and equipment to meet student needs.
• Demonstrates non-violent crisis intervention techniques, including de-escalation strategies.
• Utilizes basic therapy techniques and procedures.
• Knowledgeable of functional life skills and activities of daily living.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Works with students in a warm and confident manner.
• Ability to work effectively as a team member.
• Ability to follow oral and written directions.
• Ability to model and monitor appropriate student behavior.
• Maintains confidentiality and respect between students, parents, and teachers.
• Maintains positive relationships with students, staff, parents, and the public.
• Multicultural sensitivity and ability to work with diverse populations.
• Ability to perform all duties in accordance with Board policies and legal requirements.
• Ability to meet punctuality and attendance expectations.

Physical Requirements

• Positions in this class typically require: stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions.
• Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Ability to perform all physical activities, including feeding and toileting by various means.
• Ability to provide appropriate care for students who experience seizures.
• Ability to provide proper physical restraint of students with severe behavior that poses a danger to themselves or others.
• May be subjected to moving mechanical parts, odors, chemicals, extreme temperatures, inadequate lighting, workspace restrictions, and intense noises.
• May be subject to testing to determine ability to meet the lifting requirements and fitness to perform essential duties.

Pay

AISP pay range: $28.76/hour to $30.71/hour (starting hourly rate $28.76), based on the negotiated collective bargaining agreement.

Schedule

• 32 hours per week, 195-day annual assignment.
• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday: 8:35 AM to 3:50 PM.
• Wednesday: 8:35 AM to 1:35 PM.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance eligibility based on 630 hours worked within a school year.
• Retirement provided through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems.

Conditions of Employment: The location of the position may change during the school year. This position requires mandatory continuing professional education per state requirements.