Sand Ridge Jr - PT Life Skills SpEd Paraeducator

Sand Ridge Jr High - PT Life Skills SpEd Para educator (29176)

Sand Ridge Junior High, Roy, Utah, Weber School District. This position will remain open until filled after a minimum of five (5) working days. Applications will be reviewed prior to scheduling interviews. The position is funded, in full or in part, through grant allocations or student enrollment-based funding sources. Continued employment (or the position’s hourly workload) is contingent upon the availability of future funding, as determined on a yearly basis.

Job : 5835861

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Jul 15, 2026 6:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 20, 2026

Calendar/

Contract:

180 Days

Salary

Schedule:

Lane 4(B) of the Educational Support Paraprofessionals Salary Schedule

Hours: 5.75 hours/day | 28.75 hours/week

Title: Lifeskills Special Educator Para educator

The job of Special Education Life Skills Para educator is to assist assigned teaching personnel in the supervision and instruction of special education students; perform classroom clerical tasks; and assist students by meeting personal care and special health care needs, in addition to developing students' academic, daily living and behavioral skills.

Primary duties include, but are not limited to, engaging in the following activities with support and direction:

• Adapts classroom work under the direction of the teacher for the purpose of providing a method to support and/or reinforce lesson plans.
• Assists other personnel as may be required for the purpose of supporting them in the completion of their work activities.
• Implements under the supervision of the teacher, instructional behavioral programs in accordance with lesson plans for the purpose of assisting the teacher in improving students' academic success through a defined course of study.
• Assists in maintaining students' files/records for the purpose of documenting activities and/or providing reliable information, i.e. data collection.
• Monitors individual students in classroom, library, playground activities, etc. for the purpose of providing a safe and positive learning environment.
• Performs record keeping and clerical functions (e.g. scheduling, copying, etc.) for the purpose of supporting the teacher and/or administrator in providing records/materials.
• Assists with daily living skills (e.g. toileting, changing diapers, feeding, personal hygiene, etc.) for the purpose of demonstrating skills and/or providing needed care.
• Must be able to adapt to changing work priorities; displaying tact and courtesy; meeting deadlines and schedules; setting priorities; being attentive to detail; and working with detailed information/data.
• Regular attendance at work is critical.

• Must be able to assume and maintain a variety of postures (kneeling, squatting, bending, standing, and sitting in student-size chairs) for extended periods of time.
• Safely manage physical or verbally aggressive students.
• Participate with students in physical fitness activities including walking, stretching, and aerobic exercise.
• Lift occasionally up to 60 lbs. to a height of 36 inches and frequently up to 25 lbs. to a height of 36 inches.
• Sanitize and clean equipment (work boxes, exercise equipment, walkers, wheelchairs, etc.).
• Remain calm and follow safety procedures in emergency situations.
• Walk with students to bus stops in inclement weather.
• Willing to participate in and utilize MANDT training.
• May require working with bio-hazards (blood borne pathogens, human waste, cleaning/disinfecting materials, etc.).

Weber School District has the right to revise this position description at any time.

WEBER SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (EEO) EMPLOYER

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

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