Kindergarten Paraeducator - Early Childhood Learning Center

Job Description

BARRINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

2025-26 School Year

POSITION TITLE:

Kindergarten Para educator, Early Childhood Learning Center

The Early Childhood Learning Center is seeking a caring, dependable, and student-centered Special Education Paraprofessional to support students with disabilities across a range of academic, behavioral, and social‑emotional needs. This role is instrumental in fostering an inclusive and supportive learning environment where all students feel empowered to succeed.

JOB GOAL:
To assist children with significant needs such as: spectrum disorders, multiple handicaps, emotional disorders, cognitive disorders, and/or health needs in delivering instruction as determined by the special education teacher.

• Minimum education of High School Diploma or equivalent
• Preferred: NHDOE certification or eligibility in Para educator I or Para educator II
• Experience and other qualifications as specified by the Superintendent

Special Education Building Coordinator

• Assist in instruction of reading, mathematics and writing as determined by the special education teacher or related service provider
• Perform curriculum skills as related to all courses including, but not limited to, social studies, science, and specials such as physical education, music, art, and computer under the supervision of a professional educator
• Use a variety of technologies, including assistive technologies, to help students develop reading, writing, and learning skills
• As relating to supporting the classroom environment, the para‑educator shall demonstrate the knowledge:
  • Of the developmental stages through which children progress from age 3‑15
  • Of various risk factors that might prohibit or impede typical development
  • That students have different learning styles
  • Of the influence that families have on childhood learning and development
  • Of a variety of teaching strategies that teachers may use
  • Of the necessity to be sensitive to diversity in cultural heritages, lifestyles, and value systems among children, youth and families
  • Of the applicable laws, rules, regulations, and procedural safeguards that must be observed in educational environments
  • Of a range of classroom and behavior management strategies that a teacher might use to create a climate conducive to learning
  • That student learning needs may be assessed in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, observation, conversation, testing, and analysis of the work of students; and
  • Of the various approaches to reading, writing, and mathematics that are used in schools
• As relating to supporting the classroom environment, the para‑educator shall demonstrate the ability, under supervision of a professional, to:
  • Assist in maintaining a safe, healthy learning environment that follows prescribed policy and procedures
  • Use strategies and techniques for facilitating the integration of individuals with exceptional learning needs into various settings
  • Prepare and organize materials to support teaching and learning
  • Use strategies that promote students' independence
  • Function in a manner that demonstrates the ability to use effective problem solving, engage in flexible thinking, employ appropriate conflict management techniques and analyze one's own personal strengths and preferences
  • Use and adapt a variety of developmentally and age appropriate materials and equipment, including assistive technology, to support students' learning
  • Use approaches such as, but not limited to, modifying the learning environment, implementing district or building behavior programs and implementing individual behavior plans in order to manage individual student's behavior
  • Use strategies that support students' appropriate social skills
  • Communicate, follow instructions…