Districtwide Special Education Paraeducator serving Frederick Douglass High School FTE

Districtwide Special Education Para educator – Frederick Douglass High School (1.0 FTE)

Fayette County Public Schools – Lexington, Kentucky.

Job  | Final date to receive applications:
July 10, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time) | Starting Date:
July 1, 2026.

Position Type:
Hourly | Pay Grade: G03 (Hourly $17.66–$26.55).

• Implement strategies and procedures developed by teachers to maintain safe, supportive, and inclusive learning environments.
• Implement strategies that promote student independence across all relevant educational settings.
• Assist teachers and related service professionals with health‑related procedures required by students with special health care needs, including tube feeding, catheterization, toileting, diapering (including lifting), administering medication, feeding, positioning, and maintaining appropriate records.
• Keep student data current and report concerns to teachers when they arise.
• Effectively implement learning strategies, prompting procedures, and other systematic instructional procedures in school and non‑school settings under teacher guidance.
• Implement teacher‑developed plans or strategies that enhance the fluency, maintenance, and generalization of academic skills.
• Assist with community‑based instruction based on program and student needs.
• Use grammatically correct, age‑appropriate language, including first‑person language, appropriate tone of voice, and reinforcement procedures.
• Perform routine clerical duties such as preparing instructional classroom materials, setting up student work areas, and operating office equipment, video, computer, adaptive devices, and other materials; maintain classroom and attendance records and answer phones.
• Assist teachers in monitoring student progress regarding academic, cognitive, social, and behavioral development.
• Assist teachers and other professionals in maintaining student records required by federal and state law and Fayette County Public Schools’ policies and procedures.
• Implement behavior plans and techniques that adhere to laws, regulations, and procedural safeguards (safe crisis management) concerning the management of student behaviors, including lifting up to 50 pounds and/or restraining students if necessary; record data and monitor progress on behavior goals as directed.
• Monitor and assist students in non‑academic learning environments (e.g., lunchrooms, study halls, playgrounds, buses).
• Direct group activities of students as assigned, assist in lunchroom duties, emergency drills, recreational activities, assemblies, community participation, and other assigned tasks.
• Assist in overseeing students while in regular class, labs, or other activities, providing necessary materials for participation.
• 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 teachers’ supervision 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 recording test information.
• Read, understand, and assist in implementing, recording, and monitoring assigned students’ IEPs.
• Assist students to and from activities, loading, unloading, and/or riding the bus and prepare them as required.
• Provide emotional support, a friendly attitude, and general guidance, modeling a positive and caring attitude toward students, staff, and families.
• Confer with teachers or case managers concerning programs and materials to meet student needs and discuss concerns with parents as instructed by the teacher.
• Assure health and safety of students by following health and safety practices and regulations, including PBIS and de‑escalation techniques;…