Special Education Para Educator Sammamish High School

Special Education Para Educator 4 - 2026-27 Sammamish High School

Bellevue School District – Sammamish High School, Bellevue, Washington

Job : 5779546

Final date to receive applications: Jun 22, 2026 11:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time)

Posted: Jun 12, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Sep 1, 2026

POSITION OBJECTIVE: The position of Para Educator IV is to assist and support students identified within a specialized program or with specialized instruction.

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY: Bellevue School District is committed to a diverse workforce representative of our students, embracing cultural competency as an international community.

• Primary focus on supporting daily living activities, such as toileting and feeding, and other adaptive/life skills.
• Provide physical, health, and safety needs of students.
• Provide social, emotional, behavioral and educational support for students with significant disabilities as needed.
• Provide direct academic, functional, vocational and specifically designed instruction.
• Serve as advocate and support for students with disabilities in their least restrictive environment.
• Support students with significant emotional regulation challenges.
• Encourage and foster student independence in all settings.
• Collect functional behavior assessment data on individual students as appropriate.
• Implement components of Individual Education Programs (IEPs) as required.
• Ensure 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.
• Provide coaching and support for staff as required.
• Assist students in reaching post‑secondary goals, including, but not limited to, the Aquatic Center and Community Center.
• Perform other job‑related duties as assigned.

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

Required:

• High school graduation or equivalent.
• And have at least one of the following:
• ETS Para educator Assessment
• Associate of Arts degree (original transcripts)
• Earned 72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits at an institution of higher education (original transcripts)
• 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 with behaviorally disabled students.

• First AID/CPR certification required.
• Required to complete specified courses related to the General Para educator Certificate as identified by OSPI.

• Understand basics of child development and behavior.
• Knowledgeable of reading, writing and arithmetic.
• Understand safety procedures for students and staff.
• Understand behavior modification programs, including restraint techniques.
• Utilize adaptive technology and equipment to meet student needs.
• Demonstrate non‑violent crisis intervention techniques, including de‑escalation strategies.
• Utilize basic therapy techniques and procedures.
• Knowledgeable of functional life skills/activities of daily living.
• Demonstrate proper lifting techniques.

• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Warm and confident manner with students.
• Appropriate techniques related to activities of daily living and lifting.
• Team work effectiveness.
• Follow oral and written directions.
• Model and monitor appropriate student behavior.
• Maintain confidentiality and respect among students, parents and teachers.
• Maintain positive relationships with students, staff, parents and the public.
• Perform all physical activities and meet physical requirements.
• Provide appropriate care for students experiencing seizures.
• Provide proper physical restraint for severe behaviors.
• Demonstrate multicultural sensitivity.
• Meet and maintain punctuality and attendance expectations.

Positions require stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing,…