SPECIAL EDUCATION SUPPORT CENTER PARAEDUCATOR

About the role

Special Education Para - Support Center at Carson Elementary School provides services in academic instruction to students with a variety of disabilities ranging from severe to profound. The program also offers modified curriculum instruction that may include functional academics, daily living skills, prevocational/vocational skills, behavior skills, and social skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide academic instruction and modified curriculum instruction (functional academics, daily living skills, prevocational/vocational skills, behavior skills, social skills) to students with disabilities.
• May work primarily with one student.
• Flexibility to ride the bus as needed.

Requirements

• Be at least eighteen years of age.
• Hold a high school diploma or its equivalent.
• Meet ONE of the following:
  • Hold an associate degree or higher from an accredited college or university.
  • Earn 72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits at the 100 level or higher from an accredited college or university.
  • Score 455 or higher on the ParaPro Assessment (ETS).
  • Score 220 or higher on the Pearson Paraprofessional assessment.
  • Score 65% or higher on The Master Teacher Inc. Paraeducator Online Training Program.
  • Complete an apprenticeship as a paraeducator in a program registered with the Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council.
• Provide documentation verifying qualification (official college transcript or passing score assessment) and, if submitting an assessment score, also provide proof of high school diploma or equivalent.

Schedule

• Hours: 6.95 hours per day (includes 30‑minute unpaid break).
• Days: Monday‑Friday.
• Time: 8:05 AM – 3:32 PM.
• Calendar: 191‑day school year.