Special Education Para Educator Tillicum Middle School

Special Education Para Educator 3 - 2026‑27 Tillicum Middle School

Job
Final date to receive applications:
Jul 15, 2026 11:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time)
Posted:
Jul 08, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date:
Immediately

POSITION OBJECTIVE: The position of Para Educator III is to assist and support students identified with individual learning needs to maximize student success.

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

• Provides for the physical, health, and safety needs of students.
• Provides social, emotional, behavioral, and educational support for students with significant disabilities.
• Implements components of Individual Education Programs (IEP’s) as required.
• Provides direct academic, functional, vocational, and specifically designed instruction.
• Serves as advocate and support for students with disabilities in their least restrictive environment.
• Supports students with significant emotional regulation challenges.
• Ensures the safety of students and staff when dealing with escalated behavior based upon needs of students.
• Encourages and fosters student independence in all settings.
• Collects other data as directed by the case manager/teacher.
• Responds to student medical needs within the scope of the position.
• Performs other job‑related duties as assigned.

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

• High school graduation or equivalent.
• At least one of the following:
  • ETS Para educator Assessment.
  • Associate of Arts degree (original transcripts).
  • 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.

• 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.

• Washington State Driver’s License Type II may be required for some assignments.
• First Aid/CPR certification required.

• Basic child development and child behavior.
• Knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic.
• Understanding of safety procedures for students and staff.
• Understanding of behavior modification programs, including restraint techniques.
• Ability to utilize adaptive technology and equipment to meet student needs.
• Demonstrates non‑violent crisis intervention techniques, including de‑escalation strategies.
• Utilizes basic therapy techniques and procedures.
• Knowledgeable of functional life skills/activities of daily living.

• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Warm and confident interaction with students.
• Team collaboration skills.
• Ability to follow oral and written directions.
• Skill in modeling and monitoring appropriate student behavior.
• Confidentiality and respect in interactions with students, parents, and teachers.
• Positive relationships with students, staff, parents, and the public.
• Physical capability for activities of daily living, including feeding and toileting assistance.
• Ability to provide appropriate care for students with seizures and to maintain proper physical restraint when necessary.
• Multicultural sensitivity and collaboration with diverse populations.
• Compliance with all applicable Board policies, district, and legal requirements.
• Meeting punctuality and attendance expectations.

Positions in this class typically require stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, finger dexterity, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing, and repetitive motions. Heavy Work:
Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds of force frequently, or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Employee may…