City-Wide Paraeducator (Resource), BCHS

City Wide Resource Para educator

Currently located at Bristol Central High School

Assist in small group and individual pupil instruction.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Assisting students with instruction under the direction of the special education teacher
• Assisting teacher in maintaining discipline
• Assisting teacher with instructional activities
• Escorting students from room to room
• Toileting students is sometimes required
• Involves work with both special education and regular students
• Assisting teaching staff in the implementation of IEP
• Supervising students while they are at recess and lunch
• Assisting students with classroom assignments
• Copying materials for instructional purposes
• Assisting teacher in filing material and preparing all necessary paperwork
• Alerting teachers to problems that may be observed
• May require supporting with toileting of students

Qualification requirements:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required:

Education and/or experience:

• High School Diploma or General Education Degree. Two years of college credit OR hold an associate's (or higher) degree; OR successful completion of a paraprofessional assessment which assesses content knowledge in mathematics, reading and writing and an understanding of how to assist in the instruction of these topics (Parapro Assessment).

Language skills:

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations.

Mathematical skills:

• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10s and 100s.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.

Computer skills:

• Basic knowledge and experience with job related computer hardware and software applications.

Reasoning ability:

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Other skills and abilities:

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff and the community.
• Ability to perform duties with awareness of district requirements and Board of Education policies.

Physical demands:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, and talk or hear.
• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• The employee must be able to push items of fifty (50) pounds, such as pushing children on a bike or wheelchair or moving/rearranging furniture.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds. When doing heavier lifting, the employee should do so with assistance.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and peripheral vision.

Work environment:

• The noise level in the work environment is typical of classrooms having school children and is a standard acceptable level for this environment.
• This employee will work throughout the school building, on school grounds and occasionally off campus.
• The paraprofessional is responsible for the safety and well being of students in his/her charge.

Salary:
Range $22.12 - $25.18 (Per contractual agreement BPS Contracts)

Work hours:

6.5 hours per day (7:20am to 2:20pm)

Application:
Those currently employed by the Bristol Board of Education, fill out an internal application by 4:00 PM. on July 27, 2026. All others fill out an online application at