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Temporary - Social Communication Support Paraprofessional - Special Education Programs 7 hrs/day - Conger Elementary

Joseph Conger Elementary School, Klamath Falls, OR

Job : 5670299

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Apr 24, 2026 7:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Position Type: Temporary

Salary: $21.16 per hour

Job Categories: Instructional Support >
Paraprofessional / IA

Rate of Pay: $21.16 per hour

Schedule: End the last day of school

Reports To: Building Principal / SPED Director

The Social Communication/Life Skills Support Professional is responsible for providing educational instruction to students in a highly structured classroom environment designed to promote developmental, intellectual, emotional, and social growth, as directed by the classroom teacher and related service providers. They will deliver instruction in areas such as reading, ELA, Math, Science, and Daily Living Skills. They will be trained and required to understand the basic principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), implementation of specialized curriculums, and picture exchange and visual support systems.

• Provide academic support and individualized therapy in areas such as communication, behavior, social, and daily living skills to a diverse range of students or small groups of students in the area of their individualized IEP goals.
• Assist in the development of positive behavior and implements student behavior protocols.
• Collect detailed behavior and skill acquisition data during sessions, logging all hours and data accurately.
• Assist in the analysis of trends in data and curriculum modification.
• Participate in all required training to be able to implement components of Applied Behavior Analysis under the guidance of the district Behavior Analyst, and address problem behaviors.
• Use and maintain student adaptive equipment and/or augmentative devices needed for students.
• Participate in toilet training and other daily living activities that students are learning in the classroom/school setting.
• Remain constantly alert, attentive, and ready to respond to students’ needs and any behavioral crisis.
• Recognize signs of frustration, anxiety, and anger in order to implement antecedent strategies and teach alternative behaviors that may prevent problem behavior.
• Promote the safety of self and students through adherence to safety policies through the use of Nonviolent Crisis Intervention, which may include body positioning, physical management techniques, universal precautions, and proper lifting of students. Participate in and attend in‑services and specialized training related to strategies for working with the behavioral and educational needs of students experiencing autism, behavior management, and instructional curriculum.
• Other related duties as assigned by the teacher, Autism Specialist, Behavior Analyst, and/or program administration.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use their hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.

The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

It is the attendance standards of the employer that all employees are present and on time each shift they are scheduled to work. Unauthorized full or partial absence during any scheduled shift, arriving late, or leaving early, for whatever reason, may result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. Time…