Paraprofessional Special Education 1:1 - Thacher Elementary School

Paraprofessional Special Education 1:1 - Thacher Elementary School

Attleboro Public Schools Thacher Elementary School
- Attleboro, Massachusetts

Job : 5874206

Final date to receive applications: Aug 14, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Re-Posted: Aug 07, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 25, 2026

Attleboro Public Schools are committed to recruiting and retaining an effective, diverse, and culturally competent staff. We strive to create an inclusive work environment that fosters respect and dignity for all.

Paraprofessional Special Education 1:1

Thacher Elementary School

Start date:

August
2026 with orientation days prior

Student is in Grade 3.

Position

Purpose:

To assist and support a student in the school and classroom to meet academic, social, communication, and behavioral goals and objectives.

• Works with student individually, in small groups, and whole class.
• Assists professional staff in data collection: academic, social, and behavioral.
• Assists in classroom preparations and strategies for reinforcing academic, social, communication, adaptive, and behavioral skills according to individual student needs.
• Assists with individual, class, and school positive behavioral supports to support a safe, learning environment.
• Assist student in non-instructional areas, such as student lunch, arrival/dismissal, playground, corridor, and other related noninstructional areas including self care such as toileting.
• Accompany student on field trips and community outings.
• Constructs, copies and distribute and use materials as needed.
• Assists teachers with parent contact as requested to foster effective and participatory parent involvement in student education.
• Participates in the IEP process and serves as a resource for the student personnel evaluation team as needed.
• Follows all applicable safety rules, procedures and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students.

• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees, and others.
• Ability to establish a supportive and compassionate relationship with students.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff, and others contacted in the course of work.
• Ability to report work orally or in writing to the supervisor as required.
• Effective writing and verbal communication skills.

• Highly Qualified; 2 years college credits or equivalent or passing score of the Para Pro Test
• Prior experience working with students with autism and developmental delays preferred.
• Registered Behavior Technician preferred
• Safety Care trained preferred

Salary per Attleboro Paraprofessionals Association Collective Bargaining Agreement
- Salary Range: $32,266 - $47,397

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $32,266 to $47,397 Yearly

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

• Office of Human Resources
• 1 Blue Pride Way
• Attleboro, Massachusetts 02703
• Phone:
• Email: humanr

The Attleboro Public Schools does not, in any education program or activity that it operates, discriminate or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race*, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, religion, disability, age, genetic-information, active military/veteran status, marital status, familial status, pregnancy, or pregnancy-related condition, homelessness, ancestry, ethnic background, national origin, immigration status, or any category protected by state or federal law.

The Attleboro Public School District prohibits sex discrimination. Individuals may report concerns or questions to the District’s Civil Rights and/or Title IX Coordinators. The notice of nondiscrimination is located at

* race to include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture, hair type, hair length and protective hairstyles.