Paraprofessional - Childcare

Paraprofessional
- Childcare

Joplin R 8 School District, Early Childhood
- Joplin, Missouri

Job Details

• Job : 5679262
• Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
• Posted: Apr 29, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date: Aug 13, 2026
• Position Type: Full-Time

Position: Paraprofessional
- Childcare

Term: 9 months

Classification: Classified/Non-Exempt

Location: Early Childhood

Qualifications:

• Obtain 60 college credit hours
• Have passed the Para Pro Assessment (before September 23, 2013)
• Have passed the Paraprofessional Assessment through Pearson (September 23, 2013 through June 20, 2024)
• Have passed the Para Pro Assessment through ETS (July 1, 2024 onward)
• Completed the 20HR Substitute Certificate Course

Reports to: Building Principal

Supervisory: No

Code: --1-000

Job Number: 2357

The job of the paraprofessional is to support the teacher‑classroom in the development, implementation and monitoring of a program designed to enhance the success of students academically and behaviorally.

• Supports the mission of Joplin Schools.
• Supports the value of education.
• Become familiar with, enforce, and follow all applicable Board policies and regulations, administrative procedures, other directions given by district administrators and supervisors, and state and federal laws.
• Properly supervise students at all times, if applicable to essential job functions.
• Obey all safety rules, including rules protecting the safety and welfare of students.
• Care for, properly use, and protect school property.
• Maintain courteous and professional relationships with students, parents/guardians, other district employees and the public.
• Communicate effectively with supervisors, department staff, all members of the school district, and community as required.
• Provides excellence in customer service both internally and externally.
• Complies with privacy rights and safeguards confidential and/or sensitive information pertaining to staff and students.
• Reacts to change productively and receive and transmit constructive criticism as it relates to job duties.
• Actively participate in professional development and obtain skills and information necessary to effectively perform job duties.
• Conduct all official business in a professional and timely manner, utilizing district technology resources.
• Arrive to work and leave work at the time specified by supervisors and attend all required meetings pertinent to the position.
• Maintains accurate records and filing systems for accountability and audit purposes as required by law and Board policy.
• Solve practical problems utilizing math functions as needed.
• Read and interpret documents such as work orders, safety rules, and handbooks and apply them to job duties.

• Demonstrate communication and collaborative skills necessary for a teaching assistant to act as a member of an effective educational team.
• Implement instructional strategies developed for students.
• Perform duties designed to support skills being learned.
• Under the direction of the teacher, reinforce or reteach skills previously learned.
• Provide support needed to ensure all needs of students are met: educational, behavioral, and physical.
• Prepare for classroom instruction, including grading, copying, and taking roll as directed.
• Implement a variety of effective teaching techniques under the direction of the teacher to meet individualized student needs.
• Implement preventative behavior strategies and interventions.
• Teach behavior‑related skills to individuals and small groups.
• Provide for individual differences.
• Model behavior interventions and classroom management strategies for teachers.
• Respond to student needs and remove barriers to learning.
• Effectively implement modifications and accommodations of classroom.
• Carry out all other duties as assigned.

• Occasionally lift 50 pounds.
• Frequently walk up and down stairs assisting students.
• Frequently walk on various ground surfaces (paved, gravel, grass, dirt).
• Frequently bend and twist torso and neck.
• Frequently squat or kneel to ground.
• Frequently use repetitive arm, wrist, and hand movements.
• Use close, distance, and peripheral vision and depth perception.

Regular and consistent attendance is an essential function of this position.

The work conditions and environment described here are representative of those that an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

• Heather Surbrugg, Director
• EARLY CHILDHOOD
• Phone:
• Email: heathersurbrugg