Special Education Para Educator - Stevenson Elementary

Position: Special Education Para Educator 4 - 2025-26 - Stevenson Elementary
POSITION OBJECTIVE:

The position of Para Educator IV is done for the purpose of assisting and supporting students as identified within a specialized program or with specialized instruction.

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY:

The Bellevue School District is committed to a diverse workforce representative of our students, one that embraces and models cultural competency as an international community.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

(These duties are a representative sample; position assignments may vary.)

* Has a primary focus on supporting activities of daily living, (toileting, feeding), and other adaptive/life skills.

* Provides for the physical, health and safety needs of students.

* Provides social, emotional, behavioral and educational support for students with significant disabilities as needed.

* Provides direct academic, functional, vocational and specifically designed instruction.

* Serves as advocate and support of students with disabilities in their least restrictive environment.

* May support students with significant emotional regulation challenges
• Encourages and fosters student independence in all settings.

* Collects functional behavior assessment data on individual students as appropriate for the assignment.

* Implements components of Individual Education Programs (IEP's) as required.

* Ensures the safety of students and staff when dealing with escalated behavior based upon needs of students.

* May collect other data as directed by the case manager/teacher.

* Provides coaching and support for staff as required for the position.

* For some position assignments, may be required to assist students in reaching post-secondary goals including, but not limited to the Aquatic Center, Community Center, etc.

* Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

* Reports directly to and is supervised by building administrator, receives direction from assigned certificated staff.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (positions in this class typically require):

Required:

* High school graduation or equivalent.

And have at least one of the following:

* ETS Para educator Assessment, or

* Have an Associate of Arts degree (original transcripts), or

* Have earned 72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits at an institution of higher

* education (original transcripts), or

* Have completed a registered apprenticeship program (certificate);

* Foreign degrees accepted if evaluated by a NACES member company.

Preferred:

* Experience working with students in self-contained learning settings

* Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement.

* Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) training

* Right Response Training

* Experience working individually with students with diverse aptitudes and levels of achievement and/or with behaviorally disabled students.

LICENSING REQUIREMENTS (positions in this class typically require):

* First AID/CPR certification required.

* Required to complete specified courses related to the General Para educator Certificate as identified by OSPI

KNOWLEDGE (position requirements at entry):

* Understands the basics of child development and the behavior of children

* Knowledgeable of reading, writing and arithmetic

* Understands safety procedures for students and staff

* Understands behavior modification programs, including restraint techniques

* Utilizes adaptive technology and equipment to meet student needs

* Demonstrates non-violent crisis intervention techniques, including de-escalation strategies as needed for the specific assignment

* Utilizes basic therapy techniques and procedures

* Knowledgeable of functional life skills/activities of daily living, including tube-feeding and toileting

* Demonstrates proper lifting techniques.

SKILLS (position requirements at entry):

* Demonstrates effective oral and written communication skills

* Work with students in a warm and confident manner

* Demonstrates appropriate techniques related to activities of daily living and proper lifting techniques as required

* Demonstrates the ability to work effectively as member of a team

* Possesses ability to follow oral and written directions

* Demonstrates ability to model and monitor appropriate student behavior

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