Temporary Paraprofessional - Maple Grove; Media Center

Paraprofessional Job Posting

South Haven Public Schools is seeking a Paraprofessional for a temporary position at Maple Grove Elementary. The position is from August 31, 2026, to December 18, 2026, with hours from Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.

Position/

Job Title:

Paraprofessional (Media Center)

Classifications: ILC, Program/Physical Assist, Instructional, Playground/Bus

Qualifications:

High school graduate, Associates Degree, or a passing score on the approved state test(s)

Reports to:

Principal(s), Assistant Principal(s), assigned Teacher(s), or assigned designee

Physical Ability to lift/carry up to 20 lbs. (Supplies / Equipment)

Requirements:
Ability to sit/stand for extended periods of time, continuously required to talk and hear, occasional bending/squatting/reaching/kneeling/twisting, continuous computer and phone work may be required

Position/Job Goal:
Provide individual support to a student in the general education classroom. Help student access the general curriculum and participate in school activities by providing assistance with academic, social emotional, and behavior needs. Support is tailored to the student's Individualized Education Program (IEP) and aims to promote independence and inclusion.

1. Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.

2. Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.

3. Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students.

4. Ability to accept direction and follow through with assignment.

5. Ability to perform duties on a consistent basis with a minimal amount of direction or redirection

6. Able to relate well with students, staff and parents

7. Able to work directly with assigned teacher

8. Prompt and consistent attendance

9. Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.

10. Helps students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher.

11. Distributes and collects technology devices, books, papers and other material for instruction.

12. Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.

13. Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.

14. Assists with bulletin boards and keeps other classroom learning displays up to date.

15. Assists with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and story-telling.

16. Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other forms of oral communication with students.

17. Assists students in the library, media center or ILC as appropriate.

18. Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work, as assigned by the teacher.

19. Assists in maintaining individual records for each child.

20. Collects and records collection of money where appropriate.

21. Helps students with their clothing in the lower elementary grades where appropriate.

22. Assists with lunch, snack, playground, and cleanup routines as assigned and where appropriate.

23. Assists with wash-up and toilet routines as assigned.

24. Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.

25. Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.

26. Participates in in-service training programs, as assigned.

27. Participates in daily and long-range lesson and classroom activity planning.

28. Assists in keeping the classroom and building neat and clean.

29. Performs other tasks as may be assigned by the supervisor.

Terms of Employment and rate of pay based on the Master Agreement between the SHPS Board of Education and the Service Union Employee Group. Benefits:
Employment and rate of pay based on the Master Agreement between the SHPS Board of Education and the Service Union Employee Group. Evaluation:
Will be evaluated based on the Master Agreement between the SHPS Board of Education and the Service Union Employee Group.

Submit Application to:
Seth Siuda – Maple Grove Elementary Principal – ssiuda Kelly Schriner, HR Specialist - kschriner South Haven Public Schools 554 Green Street South Haven, MI 49090

A job application can be found at

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