Paraeducator- GATE Magnet School

Join The Avondale Team

At Avondale, we're more than a school district—we're a supportive community dedicated to personal growth, resilience, and discovery. We invest in our staff through strong professional development and a collaborative network, empowering educators to create exceptional, individualized learning experiences where every student matters and every story counts.

In this role, join a passionate team at GATE Magnet School where innovation, collaboration, and student-centered learning thrive. As a Paraprofessional, you'll engage curious, energetic learners during a pivotal stage in their growth—helping them build strong academic foundations while fostering critical thinking, creativity, and confidence. With robust professional development, a supportive community, and the freedom to bring lessons to life in meaningful ways, this is an exciting opportunity to make a lasting impact on students and shape their journey toward success.

What we need:

• Associates Degree preferred
• Supporting student, redirecting, modeling
• Keeping student and others safe
• Reinforcing safe hands, feet, etc.
• Check for understanding during instruction
• Collaborate with IEP team, administrators and teachers
• ETS Parapro Assessment required
• Regular, reliable and punctual attendance is an essential function of this job.
• Relate to children and adults in a positive manner
• Training or coursework in the area of early childhood, education or child development
• Successful experience working with groups of children
• Skills to support the school district's curriculum
• Basic computer skills

What you need:

• Provides general education classroom based academic support (reinforcement) to eligible special education students as directed by the special education teacher.
• Assist disabled students in their educational, personal, health, and behavioral needs such as self-care, daily living skills, physical mobility, toileting, etc., as needed. May assist disabled students by dispensing medication after being trained.
• Maintain open and meaningful communication with the special education teacher regarding all disabled students assigned paraprofessional support.
• Maintain confidentiality of school related information.
• Assists teachers with routine classroom operation; follows through on teacher's instructions within time limits. Assist and supervise students in the use of computers, as assigned. Attend meetings/functions as specifically directed. Does not attend MET and/or IEP meetings.
• Participate in and utilize information gained in appropriate staff development.
• Assist special education teachers in development and maintenance of special education records.
• Demonstrates understanding of students' needs, and interacts appropriately with students, parents, and other employees.
• Follows instructions of teaching staff and reinforces program philosophy and consistency in classroom procedures.
• Demonstrates initiative and creativity with individual children and their program implementations; follows through with prescribed behavioral management programs.
• Assists with classroom housekeeping, such as distributing paper and supplies, preparing bulletin boards, setting up and putting away appropriate materials and equipment.
• Assists with the development of instructional materials as appropriate and directed. Assists in regular education classes as assigned by a special education teacher.
• Hears the student in recitation, reading, and other curriculum tasks, and guiding and helping them but not teaching them.
• Initiates actions which are required without specific direction from the teacher.
• Supervises students involved in activities other than the Basic classroom.
• Is physically able to participate in physical activities which are part of the basic program and which may be unique to his/her specific classroom.
• Maintains composure under stressful conditions.
• Demonstrates an innate ability to realize that behavior is communication and not to be taken personally.
• Demonstrates the ability to follow individualized styles of learning and/or behavior plans.
• Ability to tolerate unique eating/sensory issues (gag reflex demonstration).
• Maintain flexibility (switching roles/positions within the program).

Work location:

GATE Magnet School 1435 W Auburn Rd, Rochester Hills, MI 48309