Paraprofessional -Werner Elementary School

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This position will close on the Poudre School District job board on August 31, 2026. Connecting Colorado automatically sets postings to expire after 30 days, but you can view the most up-to-date status and apply directly through our job board here:

Information specific to this position:
The scheduled hours for this position are 9:08 AM-3:45 PM, Monday-Friday.

• Pay Range: $20.02-$22.42/hour (min--12% above min), based on qualifications and experience***

Hours/day: 5.63

Work calendar days: 185

Duration of position:
Remainder of School Year

Benefits include: PERA retirement, short and long term disability, access to employee walk-in clinic, as well as other optional benefit elections.

Responsible for assisting the student(s) in the general classroom or teacher by providing instructional and physical support for students with physical and/or mental impairments so that they may fully participate in class/school activities. Assist students with personal care, social skills and/or self-awareness. Assist teacher with classroom materials and clerical skills and monitor students.

• Assist the general classroom teacher with implementing accommodations, monitoring and enforcing acceptable social and physical behavior to meet 504 Plans, Safety Plans, behavior plans, and/or health care plans.
• Assist students with personal care, social skills and/or self-awareness and in getting to and from bus stops, restrooms, lunchrooms, etc. Assist students with personal health and hygiene, including spoon feeding, tube feeding, toileting, catheterization, and diapering. Lift, transfer, or push students in wheelchairs. Use alternative language techniques such as sign language or voice activated computer systems and adapt classroom materials for use by a student with a hearing or vision disability as needed.
• Assist teacher in preparing materials, administering tests, grading, taking attendance, completing paperwork, maintaining files, evaluating and recording student achievement and maintaining student records.
• Monitor student(s) in classroom and during breaks, lunch, recess, time outs, on field trips, getting on and off the bus, etc. Reinforce school-wide discipline procedures.
• Assist teacher and/or administration with special projects.
• Attend appropriate in-service meetings, building meetings, training, 504 meetings, parent conferences and/or school functions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• High school diploma (or equivalent) required
• One year of related experience
• Experience working with special needs students preferred
• Equivalent combination of education and experience acceptable
• If assigned to a Title I school, at least one of the following criteria is required
• completion of at least two years of higher education
• an associate's (or higher) degree
• successful completion of the Work Keys assessment?demonstrating?instructional competency within one year of hire
• Criminal background check required for hire
• Questions regarding this posting can be directed to talent