Severe Para Educator - Campus Middle School

Position: Severe Needs Para Educator - Campus Middle School

Job Title

Severe Needs Para Educator

Job Summary

Under the guidance of licensed special education staff, assist students with severe special education needs by helping individuals or small groups of students with curriculum, implementing programming, generalizing learned skills, and implementing behavior strategies. Assist licensed special education staff by preparing student materials, monitoring students, and recording student achievement and progress. Provide technical physical care for students. Maintain a clean and hygienic work environment where appropriate.

When working in an online/remote environment, support students by assisting them with access to remote learning, re‑teaching curriculum, implementing programming, setting up executive functioning strategies, generalizing learned skills, and completing assignments. Assignments include:
Autism, Behavior Development (BD), Early Childhood Education, Homebound (FAPE) Program, Integrated Learning Center (ILC), Serious Emotional Disability (SED), and Transition Programming.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Daily 35% – Assist students with classroom activities, including adapting the curriculum to individual student needs and delivering instruction to both individuals and small groups to ensure generalization of skills.
• Daily 30% – Implement student accommodations, supports, modifications, procedures, and programming outlined in the student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP). Maintain records of student progress and behavior in conjunction with licensed staff, providing feedback, and reporting observations to the IEP team.
• Daily 5% – Assist special education licensed staff in preparing materials, administering tests, attendance, etc. Assist with paperwork and documentation as needed. Assist with other classroom events, such as fire drills, as necessary.
• Daily 5% – Perform other duties as assigned or requested.

Integrated Learning Center (ILC) and Homebound (FAPE) Program Assignment

• Daily 15% – Monitor students and reinforce appropriate behavior for individual student needs. Assist in verbal de‑escalation and non‑violent crisis interventions to reduce the risk of self‑harm and harm to others. Assist student development of social interactions or communication between students with special needs and general education peers.
• Daily 10% – Provide technical physical care for students with special needs as assigned, which may include toileting, grooming, cleaning ventilation devices, feeding, care of gastrostomy tube (G‑tube), positioning, and improving range of motion (Autism Classroom or ILC). Follow training and as delegated by a registered school nurse, accurately follow student medication delivery orders.
• Total 25%

Serious Emotional Disability (SED) Assignment

• Daily 25% – Monitor students and reinforce appropriate behavior for individual student needs. Assist in verbal de‑escalation and non‑violent crisis interventions to reduce the risk of self‑harm and harm to others. Assist student development of social interactions or communication between students with special needs and general education peers.
• Total 25%

Online/Remote Environment Assignment

• Daily 50% – Assist small groups of students or individuals with online classroom activities, during synchronous or asynchronous learning, including curriculum accommodations or modifications. Assist with curriculum delivery or practice to ensure generalization of skills. If working in a DHH Program, develop student language, vocabulary, reading, and writing using sign language for students who need a signing para‑educator.
• Daily 35% – Prepare assignments for students to complete at home and support students in completing assigned work.
• Daily 5% – Maintain records of student progress and behavior in conjunction with the licensed staff, which may include special reports, providing feedback, and reporting observations to the Individualized Education Program team.
• Daily 5% – Support students in troubleshooting technology issues.
• Daily 5% – Perform other duties as assigned or requested.
• Total 100%

Reporting Relationships

This job has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Criminal background check…