Early Childhood Special Education Para-Professional

Early Childhood Special Education Para‑Professional (2026‑2027)

Hazelwood School District, District Wide – Florissant, Missouri

Job

Final date to receive applications:
Posted until filled

Re‑Posted:
Apr 22, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date:
To Be Determined

Position Title: Early Childhood Sped Para‑Professional

Reports To: Site Director

Position Summary: Assists the Director(s) and teacher(s) in maintaining appropriate classroom activities and environment in order for students to learn effectively.

• Participates in daily and long‑range lesson and classroom activity planning.
• Conducts learning exercises with small groups of children.
• Guides children in working and playing harmoniously with other children.
• Alerts the teacher to special needs of individual children.
• Provides escort assistance for children as necessary.
• Helps maintain informal student performance records.
• Assists teacher(s) on maintaining student work and study areas.
• Assists with the supervision of children during play periods.
• Assists with supervision of children during breakfast, snack and lunch periods.
• Collects and displays suitable material for educational displays.
• Assists with ensuring that children leave on the correct van or bus after school.
• Maintains discipline before, during or after school as the students enter the building.
• Works flexible hours based on school needs.
• Assists student with toileting routines including cleaning up student accidents and diaper changes.
• May be assigned in a 1‑on‑1 capacity to assist student with special education needs to fulfill Individual Education Program (IEP) goals.

• May answer phones and take messages, as required.
• May make and/or scan copies of materials and perform other routine clerical tasks as necessary.
• May assist with cleaning up spills and accidents and periodic cleaning of classroom equipment.

• Standing, walking, sitting, climbing, balancing, reaching, pushing, talking, hearing.
• Normal attention with clarity of vision at 20 inches or less as well as 20 feet or more; ability to  distinguish colors, and to see an area up and down or to right or left while fixed on point, all required.
• Light physical demand with regular lifting of very light to light (1 to 25 lbs.) items or occasionally lifting of heavier items and/or children (over 25 lbs.), by hand.

Subject to both inside (classroom) and outside (playground) conditions and sometimes high noise levels.

Education: Equivalent to high school plus additional broad specialized training equal to two years of college. Requires a minimum of 60 hours college credit or alternative pathway to certification.

Alternative Pathways: Either a minimum of 60 college credit hours or completion of a 20‑hour online course.

Experience: Requires a minimum of three months up to and including one year of experience working in a classroom teaching environment.

Skills and Abilities:

• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagrammatic form. Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in or from standardized situations.
• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide all units of measure.
• Perform reading, writing, and speaking at a basic level.

Machines, Tools, Equipment, and Work Aids: Computer and related software including Internet access, copy machine, and lamination machine.

License(s)/Certification(s)

Required:

Substitute Teacher Certification or current Missouri Teaching Certification.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Full‑Time

$17.48 to $21.81 Per Hour

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