Special Education Para Educator Sherwood Forest Elementary

Position: Special Education Para Educator 4 - 2026-27 Sherwood Forest 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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