Special Education Paraprofessional II (2026 - 2027 School Year

Special Education Paraprofessional II

Assist students with disabilities who are receiving special education services by performing instructional assistant duties including modality-based academic instruction, physical education instruction, social skills instruction, behavioral modification and management, preparation of instructional materials, clerical tasks, supervision, feeding, toileting, specialized health care and related duties as assigned. The position serves in a more intensive special day class (SDC), classes for the emotionally disturbed, and/or as a special circumstances one-to-one paraprofessional that may involve significant behavioral challenges.

This position is not eligible for the Health Stipend.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

• High school graduation or its equivalent.
• Passing basic high school competency test.
• Ability to relate effectively with students who have special needs including developmental delays, specific learning disabilities, and various emotional and physical disabilities/health needs.
• Ability to work independently, take initiative, establish and maintain cooperative relationships, work calmly under pressure, work with frequent interruptions, understand and follow oral and written directions, and speak and write effectively.
• Valid California driver license.

Desirable:

• Experience in youth activities.
• Knowledge and understanding of developmental stages of special needs students.
• Ability to communicate in Spanish.

Essential Job Functions:

Physical:
Employee in this position must have the ability to:

• Ability to sit for extended periods of time.
• Ability to stand and circulate for extended periods of time
• Ability to see and read, with or without vision aids.
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal and abnormal levels.
• Ability to communicate so others will clearly understand normal conversation.
• Ability to bend, twist, kneel and stoop.
• Physical ability to pull 75 pounds.
• Physical ability to position a student who may weigh 150 pounds or more, to conduct two-person lifts, and to manipulate wheelchairs and orthopedic devices such as lifts, slings, etc.

Mental:
Employee in this position must have the ability to:

• Able to concentrate on a single task for up to two (2) hours at a time.
• Able to learn quickly and adapt to a variety of machinery, instructions, and task methods.
• Able to meet deadlines in terms of work assignment schedules.

Social:
Employee in this position must have the ability to:

• Interact daily in person with other members of the school staff and possess comfortable interpersonal skills and positive cooperative attitudes.
• Because of the time urgent nature of duties and because work product of position is interdependent with that of other staff, consistent attendance is required.
• Convey an understanding, patient attitude toward students, parents, staff and community.
• Maintain the privacy of confidential information.

The Lucia Mar Unified School District Board of Education prohibits discrimination of job applicants on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, religious creed, age, marital status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, mental condition, veteran status, gender, and the actual or perceived sexual orientation. All materials archived for this position are the property of the Lucia Mar Unified School District and may be reviewed by but cannot be returned to the applicant.

An equal opportunity employer.