Special Education Resource Room​/Noon Recess Building Paraeducator - Long Meadow Elementary Sc

Special Education Resource Room / Noon Recess Building Para educator – Long Meadow Elementary School

Location: Long Meadow Elementary School, Rochester Hills, Michigan

Starting Date: Immediately

Schedule: Monday – Friday, following the traditional 2025‑26 school year calendar (5.5 hours per day, 5 days per week)

Salary: $15.94 per hour (Instructional Classification Schedule; RPEA Master Agreement)

• High School Diploma
• Completed at least two years of higher education in an approved program (transcripts required), or received an Associate's or higher degree (transcripts required), or passed a state or local test demonstrating knowledge and ability in subject area (e.g., ETS Para Pro Assessment or MTTC-Professional Readiness Exam)
• Experience with students with disabilities and/or training in appropriate techniques for interacting with students with disabilities (preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and to interact appropriately and effectively with students, parents, and staff
• Excellent attendance record, flexibility, and competence for assigned responsibilities, including ability to meet the physical and academic needs of students
• Minimum typing skills of 60–65 wpm
• Successful completion of district‑provided training modules needed to perform daily captioning
• Regular, reliable, and punctual attendance required

• Takes direction for timely program delivery from building staff members responsible for student learning plans (resource teacher, program teacher, teacher consultant, ancillary staff, and/or general education classroom teacher)
• Assists in accordance with students’ learning programs with orientation, reading, music, art, physical education, and other curriculum tasks
• Follows through with prescribed behavioral management programs
• Assists with development of instructional materials, demonstrating initiative and creativity with individual children and their program implementation, when appropriate
• Assists with physical mobility – from bus to building and back – and supports students’ self‑care and personal hygiene, including toileting, feeding, catheterization, tube feeding, monitoring of medical support devices
• Participates in physical activities that may be part of students’ programs, including lunch, recess, art, and/or physical education
• Reports successes and difficulties with student learning plans to the appropriate special educator in an informative, timely, and professional manner
• Assists teachers with routine classroom operations such as distributing and putting away materials, preparing bulletin boards, writing lessons on the board, and maintaining instructional materials and supplies
• Supervises and assists students during activities outside the classroom
• Performs other duties as assigned by special educators or the building principal

Building or Program Administrator; receives day‑to‑day direction from classroom teacher, resource teacher, or teacher consultant

Interested and qualified applicants must complete an online application through the Rochester Community Schools website at

Rochester Community Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, creed or ancestry, age, sex, marital status, height, weight, familial status, arrest record or physical and mental disabilities in accordance with the Elliot‑Larson Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) MCL 37.2206, Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act (PWCRA) MCL 37.1206, Title II, Title VI, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendment Act of 1972, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

Individuals will not be excluded from, or denied, the benefits of participation in any program or activity for which the Board of Education of the Rochester Community School District is responsible on the basis of such characteristics.

• Lori Schneck
• 52585 Dequindre Road, Rochester, MI 48307
• Phone: 248‑726‑3171
• Email: HR.mi.us