Special Education MSD Paraeducator II

Applications will be accepted from Thursday, June 25, 2026 12:00 AM to Thursday, July 9, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time).

CLASS

TITLE:

SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA EDUCATOR 2

EXEMPT STATUS: Non-Exempt

APPROVED: November 16, 2023 #79

Support student’s medical needs and collaborate with related service providers. Assist certified teachers in implementing instructional practices, transitional activities, maintaining a safe and supportive instructional environment, and communicating and collaborating with teachers and other professionals to ensure special education students obtain quality instruction.

• Implement strategies and procedures developed by teachers to maintain safe, supportive, and inclusive learning environments.
• Implement strategies that promote the student’s independence across all relevant educational settings.
• Assist teachers and related service professionals with tube feeding, catheterization, toileting, diapering (including lifting), administering medication, feeding, positioning, and other health‑related procedures required by students who have special health care needs, and maintain appropriate records of these activities.
• Keep student data current and report concerns to teachers when they arise.
• Under the guidance and supervision of a teacher, effectively implement learning strategies, prompting procedures, and other systematic instructional procedures in school and non‑school settings using a variety of instructional grouping arrangements.
• Implement teacher‑developed plans or strategies that enhance the fluency, maintenance, and generalization of academic skills.
• Assist teachers with community‑based instruction.
• Use grammatically correct language which includes age‑appropriate vocabulary, first‑person language, appropriate tone of voice, and reinforcement procedures.
• Perform routine clerical duties such as preparation of instructional classroom materials; setting up student work areas; and operating office equipment, video, computer, adaptive devices, and other materials. Maintain classroom records, attendance records, and answer the phone.
• Assist teachers in monitoring student progress regarding academic/cognitive development, social development, behavior, and medical issues.
• Assist teachers and other professionals in maintaining student records required by federal and state law and regulations and Garrard County Public Schools’ Policies and Procedures.
• Implement teacher‑developed behavior plans and techniques that adhere to the laws, regulations, and procedural safeguards (safe crisis management). Includes lifting up to 50 pounds and/or restraining students if necessary. Record data and monitor progress on behavior goals as directed by the teacher.
• Monitor and assist students in non‑academic learning environments (e.g., lunchrooms, study halls, playgrounds, and buses).
• Direct group activities of students as assigned, assist in lunchroom duties as assigned, assist in emergency drills, rec‑leisure activities, assemblies, community participation as assigned.
• Assist in overseeing students while in a regular class, labs, or other activities, providing them with the necessary materials needed to participate.
• Follow teacher instructions and implement team decisions.
• Contribute relevant, objective information to teachers and other school professionals to facilitate planning, problem‑solving, and decision‑making processes across all relevant settings.
• Maintain confidentiality of individual students and their families, as well as all student educational records.
• Perform assigned responsibilities under the supervision of the teachers in a professional and ethical manner established by the district, agency, state, or professional organization.
• Participate with administrators, consultants, and/or other professionals in designing and implementing comprehensive professional development activities for paraprofessionals.
• Assist in administering diagnostic and other tests and record test information.
• Read, understand and assist in implementing, recording, and monitoring assigned students’ IEPs.
• Assist…