Special EducationTeaching Assistant - Pre - K

Special Education Teacher Assistant - Pre‑K beginning with the 2026/27 school year

Valid Illinois Paraprofessional License is required to apply. For information on how to obtain your license, see

• 0 yrs of experience with High School Diploma: $18.57/hr
• 0 yrs of experience with Associates Degree – $19.60/hr
• 0 yrs of experience with Bachelors Degree – $20.63/hr
• 30 yrs of experience with High School Diploma – $28.56/hr
• 30 yrs of experience with Associates Degree – $29.60/hr
• 30 yrs of experience with Bachelors Degree – $30.65/hr

• Must have 60 hours college course credits or have passed a State approved test granting Paraprofessional certification.
• Possess strong communication skills (written and oral).

To assist the teacher in achieving teaching objectives by working with individual students, small groups, or whole classrooms to help students achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole. To provide a well‑organized, smoothly functioning class environment in which students can take full advantage of the instructional program and available resource materials. General

Qualifications:

Must have 60 hours college course credits or have passed a State approved test granting Para‑professional certification. Possess strong communication skills (written and oral). Proficiency in native language of bilingual and English, including able to write and speak in both languages of need, fluently and grammatically correct. Live in or be familiar with the surrounding community.

Translate between the native language of bilingual and English in classroom, meeting, or phone call situations with students, parents and teachers. Translate documents from native language of bilingual to English correctly.

Administer, score, and record such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students. Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher. Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.

Help students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher. Guide independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.

Assist with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips. Assist with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and story telling. Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in other forms of oral communication with students. Assist students in the library or media center.

Check notebooks, correct papers, and supervise testing and make‑up work as assigned by the teacher. Help students with their clothing. Assist with lunch, snack and clean‑up routines. Assist with wash‑up and toilet routines. Alert the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student. Serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.

Maintain the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers. Participate in in‑service training programs as assigned. Other responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

Ability to communicate effectively with parents, students, teachers, administration and community members. Ability to maintain emotional control under stress. Ability to use e‑mail and office equipment effectively. Ability to work with students individually or in group settings.

Indoor classrooms / school exposure to: student noise, lawn mowing, music, odors of food, mowed grass and possible communicable diseases. Outdoor schoolyard and grounds, field trips: exposure to temperatures (hot, warm, cool & cold) and exposure to mowed grass. Regular work attendance.

Questions or more information please contact Kelly Crawford | kcrawford