Substitute Paraprofessional KG-5th

Jeffco Public Schools (Jeffco) is located in Jefferson County, Colorado. It is the second largest school district in Colorado serving 69,000 students across 155 schools. With 14,000 employees, the district is the largest employer in Jefferson County and has provided educational excellence for more than 70 years.

Jeffco embraces the spirit of the West and the natural beauty of the Rocky Mountain region with the county spanning more than 770 square miles running the length of the western edge of the Denver metropolitan area. The district is diverse in both population and geography, from urban to rural, including the mountain communities in the foothills west of Denver.

Overall, Jeffco has 31% of students that qualify for free and reduced lunch, an indicator of poverty, and 34% minority (25% Hispanic) student population. The district is implementing a new strategic plan, Jeffco Thrives 2025 that is focused on providing a world-class education that prepares all Jeffco students for bright and successful futures as local and global citizens. Come join us!

Jeffco Public Schools is a Single-State Employer. All candidates hired by Jeffco Public Schools must reside within the state of Colorado.

Warder Elementary School serves approximately 400 students and is a proud member of the Pomona Articulation Area of Jeffco. We pride ourselves as a student and family-centered community. Warder is a PLC (professional learning community) school in which our grade level teams meet weekly to identify essential learning, create common-assessments, and develop rigorous and differentiated learning for all of our students based on continuous analysis of data.

As a Warder community, we take collective ownership for our students' learning and continue to strive for the growth of EVERY student every day. Further our teachers have embraced our district vision, Jeffco Generations, which is all about transforming the learning experiences for our students. As a result, Warder students engage in blended technology learning through our BYOD and 1:1 structures as well as project-based learning opportunities.

Our entire staff remains committed to providing the best, most relevant and purposeful instruction to our students through continuous professional learning.

This position is for a substitute paraprofessional and would only be called to work when we have a paraprofessional out of the building. Minimum hours for the day would be 2 hours up to 4 hours depending upon the need for the day. You will be covering lunch/recess time.

Desired

Start Date:

10/16/2026 Substitute Paraprofessional
Hourly Position
FLSA: Nonexempt
FTE: .12500 ,
Hours/Day: 1.000 ,
Days/Year: 260
Salary Plan, Grade, Step: TNO
- Hourly
- Non Negotiated , T10, 1
Hourly Rate: $19.79 Effective as of: 08-16-2025
Compensation schedules for Jeffco Schools can be found here. Starting salary for non-licensed roles is based on the candidate's relevant work experience and education. Additional considerations may be given for job-specific certifications and skills. Applicants should submit all relevant and verifiable education, training and work experiences at the time of application. Starting Salary for licensed educators is based on the step and lane schedule found here.

The successful new hire or rehired candidate will be responsible to complete and incur the fingerprinting and processing fee of $57.50 through an appropriate fingerprinting vendor and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, within 48 hours of offer acceptance.

SUMMARY:

Provides classroom support and supervision of students under the direction of the supervisor. Provide enrichment and intervention time. May also…