Paraeducator Special Education

Para educator Special Education

Full-Time 184 days/6.5 hrs/day

• Assist in instruction of students with disabilities in mainstream, resource room or center-based settings.
• Manage behavior (redirecting, calming or removing disruptive student from classroom).
• Monitor and record student progress in instructional areas (academics, daily living skills, dressing, grooming, social skills, etc.).
• Manage physical needs (toileting, feeding, dressing, lifting, positioning, transporting students in wheelchairs, etc.).

High School Diploma or equivalent. Personal Care Assistant certification required to be completed within 30 days of start date.

Candidates must have completed 60 semester/90 quarter credits or have an associate degree (or higher) from a regionally accredited institution or have passed the Para Educator exam or Para Pro exam. Documentation required.

Good communication, interpersonal, recordkeeping skills. Ability to work with technology and computers. Ability to work cooperatively with students and staff. Ability to supervise students. Ability to take direction. Ability to maintain regular attendance, including completing assigned day.

Must be able to lift a minimum of 40 pounds. Ability to perform position responsibilities including physical factors, work devices, materials handling, data functions, and people functions—not limited to toileting, feeding, self-care procedures, implementing behavioral management program, maintaining student data, working with students who may display aggressive or abusive behavior. Must work physically in the building.

$20.85/hr to $25.50/hr DOQ with K-12 experience.

$22.00/hr to $26.65/hr with AA/AAS degree or 60 semester/90 quarter credits, DOQ with K-12 experience.

$22.85/hr to $27.50/hr with BA degree, DOQ with K-12 experience.

Special Ed Paras serving center-based students and classrooms 50% or more of time receive additional $0.50/hr.

Special Ed Paras at Two Rivers Transition Program receive additional $1.00/hr special Ed Paras at River Trail Learning Center receive additional $1.50/hr.

* Candidates must have completed 60 semester/90 quarter credits or obtained an associate's degree (or higher) from a regionally accredited institution or passed the Para Educator/Para Pro exam. Documentation required.

Insurance benefits available for assigned positions of 6 hours or more per day.

8/31/26.

Please contact the school directly with any questions about this position.

For ESC positions, contact the Special Education Department.