Severe Para Educator - Horizon Community Middle School
Listed on 2026-02-12
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Education / Teaching
Special Needs / Learning Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Assistant/ Paraprofessional
Severe Needs Para Educator - Horizon Community Middle School
- Job Identification 1012062
- Posting Date 02/03/2026, 10:14 PM
- Apply Before 02/11/2026, 11:00 PM
- Number of Openings 1
- Locations 3981 S RESERVOIR RD, AURORA, CO, 80013, US
- Department Horizon Community Middle School
- Grade ESP
07 - Tentative Start Date 02/24/2026
- Days Per Year 177
- Hard to Fill No
FLSA Exemption Status
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Non-Exempt
JOB SUMMARY
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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, provide support to 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 AND RESPONSIBILITIES
: The subsequent duties outline the fundamental operations of the position and exemplify the nature of the tasks carried out. They do not encompass a comprehensive inventory of the obligations and responsibilities fulfilled in this role. The approximation of frequencies and time allocation percentages are flexible and subject to the requirements of the organization. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Shared Job Task Across Assignments
Frequency
Percentage of Time
1.
Assist students with classroom activities, including adapting the curriculum to individual student needs. Assist with curriculum delivery to both individuals and small groups to ensure generalization of skills.
1.
Assist students with classroom activities, including adapting the curriculum to individual student needs. Assist with curriculum delivery to both individuals and small groups to ensure generalization of skills.
Daily 35%
2.
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, which may include special reports, providing feedback, and reporting observations to the Individualized Education Program (IEP) team.
2.
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, which may include special reports, providing feedback, and reporting observations to the Individualized Education Program (IEP) team.
Daily 30%
3.
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.
3.
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%
4.
Perform other duties as assigned or requested.
4.
Perform other duties as assigned or requested.
Daily 5%
TOTAL
75%
INTEGRATED LEARNING CENTER (ILC) AND HOMEBOUND (Free Appropriate Public Education/FAPE) PROGRAM ASSIGNMENT
Job Task Description
Frequency
Percentage of Time
1.
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…
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