General Paraeducator, Blue Heron Middle School

Para educator – 6.5 Hr/Day – Blue Heron Middle School

Starting Date:
Immediately

• Organizational skills:
  Manage time and complete tasks. Manage groups of students at lunch and at recess and maintain safety and order in a variety of situations.
• Confidentiality:
  Respect and maintain confidentiality.
• Collaboration:
  
  Work with other adults in supervisory teams to ensure the safety and positive experience of all students.
• Flexibility:
  Adapt to new schedules and assignments.
• Receptiveness:
  Listen, understand and respond appropriately to suggestions from supervisor and teachers.
• Student Behavior Management:
  Interact with students respectfully following school discipline procedures.
• Ability to Maintain a Safe Environment:
  Maintain order in a variety of situations, such as the lunchroom, detention room, hallways and outdoor areas. Guide students to solve conflicts appropriately.
• Positive Attitude:
  Conduct oneself in a manner that contributes to the positive image of the organization.
• Initiative:
  Self‑motivated and creative in finding solutions for achieving job expectations.
• Stability:
  Remain calm and effective under pressure and stress.
• Dependability:
  Punctual and dependable to complete tasks and maintain schedule.
• Valid First Aid/CPR card preferred.
• Sense of humor.
• Good attendance is essential.

• Supervision of students at lunch, at recess and in small group settings. Duties may include but are not limited to lunch room supervision, playground supervision, bus duty, hall duty, crossing guard duty, assemblies, or assisting individual students in meeting behavioral expectations.
• Arrive on time to your duty area and work collaboratively with other staff members who are also on duty.
• Develop a positive relationship with students, talk with and engage students in good behavior, and act as a role model. Circulate, observe and redirect students as necessary.
• Assist students as needed and report any concerns to the building principal.
• Maintain school public areas clean and tidy.
• Remain in the area being supervised until all students are accounted for and/or have been dismissed. Continue to assist with supervision as students move.
• Assist office staff with clerical duties when student supervision is not needed.
• Assist teachers in the classroom with students and instruction.
• Perform other student assistance duties as assigned, including those that fall into the general/instructional para educator category.

Paraeducators are required to attend 28 hours of Fundamental Course of Study training. Pre‑approved training hours that occur outside of contracted/paid hours will be compensated on a timesheet.

$23.66 – $29.39 per hour, depending on experience and in accordance with the SEIU negotiated bargaining agreement.

Sick Leave, Vacation Leave, Family Sick Leave, Bereavement Leave, Medical, Dental, Vision, AD&D, and Basic Life insurance coverage. Retirement is through the WA State Department of Retirement, with plans available: SERS Plan 2 or SERS Plan 3.

New employees who will have unsupervised access to children must complete a satisfactory fingerprint check with the Washington State Patrol and the FBI. Employment will be considered temporary and conditional pending a satisfactory background check. A $50.00 processing fee applies.

Port Townsend School District No. 50 complies with all federal and state rules and regulations, and does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, immigration status, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.

Further, the district will provide equal access and opportunity to meet to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society. The following employee(s) have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

• Compliance Coordinator for State Law (RCW 28A.640/28A.642) and Title IX Coordinator:
  Carrie Ehrhardt (360‑680‑5756).
• Section 504/ADA Coordinator:
  Shelby Mac Meekin (360‑680‑5762).