Paraeducator, Weekdays, Lourie Center School

Lourie Center - Rockville If you are a current Adventist Health Care employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account.

The Lourie Center School seeks to hire a Para educator who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

The Lourie Center for Children's Social & Emotional Wellness is a private, non-profit agency with a mission to improve the social and emotional health of young children and their families through prevention, early intervention, education, research and training. The Lourie Center has four core programs serving children birth through age 12 and their families:
Head Start, The Lourie Center School, The Therapeutic Nursery Program and Parent-Child Clinical Services As a Para educator you will:
• Under the supervision of the classroom teacher, provides individual instruction to the assigned student with the goal of increasing the student’s overall school performance
• Provides support to assigned student during class activities
• Supports assigned student in therapy sessions
• Facilitates student progress toward academic and social-emotional goals
• Observes and records data on the student’s behavior in collaboration with the therapeutic team
• Implements accommodations and supports established by the student’s IEP
• Implements therapeutic measures as directed by IEP goals
• Participates in the school's interdisciplinary team meetings, workshops, and other selected school staff meetings
• Performs other duties as assigned by the teacher when the designated student is absent

Qualifications Include:
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Minimum of one year of cumulative work experience with special needs students is required (i.e., camp counselor, student care work, college practicum experiences)
• Familiarity with student and/or adolescent development is required
• Active American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
• Experience with special needs students in grades K-5th grade preferred

Work Schedule:

Employment Type:

Full-time (11 Month Employee)
Hours per Week: 40 hrs/week Typical Daily

Schedule:

8:00 AM–4:30 PM Monday through Friday Shift Type:
Day Holiday Requirements:
Follow school holiday calendar

For more information on The Lourie Center School, visit: https://www.louriecenter.org/LC/programs-services/school/Pay Range:$21.55 - $30.63

If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:

United States of America (Non-Exempt)
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Work life balance through nonrotating shifts

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Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)
Paid Time Off Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period

Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance

Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers

Tuition Reimbursement Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

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