Special Education Para Educator- Resource - 2026/2027 School Year

About the Role

Resource Paraprofessionals assist in supporting students, teachers, and administrators to create a positive learning environment that facilitates the personal, social, and intellectual development of students with disabilities.

Reports to: Building Principal. FLSA Status: Non-Exempt, Classified Matrix Column D (placement based on relevant years of experience in a K-12 setting).

Qualifications

Required

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Basic computer skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Health and Inoculation Certificate on file in the District Office (after an employment offer is made)

Preferred

• Associates Degree or higher
• Experience working with students with disabilities

Responsibilities

• Facilitate and support a positive learning environment, and respond to individual educational, social, and behavioral needs of students with disabilities
• Communicate and work effectively and cooperatively with members of the school district and community
• React to change and frequent interruptions productively and positively, including but not limited to new duties, assignments, and student caseloads
• Operate all classroom equipment appropriately
• Observe and follow all school district policies (including health and safety policies)
• Work to implement the District's vision, mission, and goals
• Maintain regular and consistent attendance at work
• Prepare and present classroom activities under the supervision of a licensed teacher
• Work with individual and small groups of students to reinforce curriculum material and complete assignments provided by the teacher
• Work with students who may exhibit behavioral difficulties such as yelling and refusal
• Guide students in independent study, enrichment, or remedial work provided by teachers
• Support students’ individual needs throughout the school setting (e.g., lunch, recess, sports)
• Escort students to and from the general education setting to a special education classroom
• Support the various needs of students with disabilities while in the general and special education classrooms
• Collect data on student progress toward IEP goals
• Keep student and personnel records confidential
• Respond to information requested in a cooperative, courteous, and timely manner
• Adhere strictly to professional ethics
• Perform clerical duties when requested to include data entry into a computer
• Perform other tasks and assume other responsibilities as directed by the principal or teacher

Physical Demands

• Sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Enter data into a computer, to see and read a computer screen and printed materials with or without vision aids
• Hear and understand speech at normal classroom levels, outdoors, and on the telephone
• Speak in an audible tone so that others may clearly understand in typical classrooms, outdoors, and on the telephone
• Physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds to shoulder height and 50 pounds to waist height
• Bend, stoop, and sit on the floor for prolonged periods of time
• Climb stairs, walk, and reach overhead
• Ability to work in both an indoor and outdoor environment

Terms of Employment

At-will employment. Salary and work schedule as determined by the Board.

Performance evaluations in accordance with the Board’s policy and the Classified Employee Handbook.