Paraeducator - Mainstream Special Education

Job Title

Para educator - Mainstream Special Education - SUPPORT

: 14327

Location: PIONEER VALLEY ELEM (High-Needs School)

Date Posted: 6/3/2026

Closing Date: 06/09/2026

This position is for 6.5 hours per day at 164 days per year and 3.5 hours per day at 14 days per year. Additionally, 7 hours per day for 4 days for the first year and 2 days each year following until certification is completed.

PSE Salary Schedule Level 5: $24.76 (24-25 PSE SALARY SCHEDULE)

• Instructs students individually or in small groups in a variety of learning activities to promote student understanding of materials presented. Provides encouragement, reinforcement and achievement of educational objectives and goals defined by certificated staff. Under direction of certificated staff, may administer and supervise objective tests or other measurements.
• Communicates with certificated staff concerning individual student progress; adjusts methods to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities; consults with certificated staff concerning remediation or enrichment activities.
• Assists certificated staff in maintaining records, logs, charts, assignments and other records for assessment of student progress. May correct, score or grade papers and assignments according to guidelines or instructions.
• Supervises student behavior in classrooms, playground, halls, at lunch or breaks, at bus boarding areas, on field trips and at other sites. Corrects behaviors and maintains discipline according to established policies and procedures. Instructs students in behavioral rules and codes for student safety, socialization and individual growth.
• Assists students with interpersonal and personal skills mastery.
• Establishes and maintains effective communication with students, staff, parents and the public for student progress and safety, and community relations.
• May provide physical assistance to handicapped students, such as lifting and positioning or assistance with personal hygiene.
• Monitors need for first aid for injured or ill students and refers for treatment as appropriate.

• Alerts qualified district staff to student problems.
• Locates, prepares and/or modifies materials for student use, enrichment activities and special projects under the direction of certificated staff.
• Prepares, duplicates, collates and distributes materials; operates a variety of office equipment.
• May serve on various district committees and/or departmental work teams.
• Models appropriate and cooperative behavior, including protecting confidential information, consistent with district ethical guidelines.
• Performs related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.

Reports to the school principal. Receives guidance from assigned program administrator, assigned teacher or program specialist.

May experience frequent interruptions; required to deal with a wide range of student behaviors and academic abilities; required to deal with a wide range of physical or emotional disabilities; may occasionally deal with distraught or difficult students.

Potentially exposed to ordinary infectious diseases carried by students; exposed to student noise levels; required to lift and position students and their special equipment such as wheelchairs; required to work in non-routine positions for extended periods; may be required to attend to students' personal hygiene; may be exposed to biting behavior; may need to take precautions to avoid exposure to student bodily fluids;

playground supervision requires working outdoors in inclement weather.

Education and Experience: Experience working with school age children and special needs students is preferred. For Title One and Title One School-wide Special Education positions, an associate degree or proof of completion of the Washington State Para educator Assessment, or two years of higher education per the Federal No Child Left Behind Act is required.

Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Demonstrated skill in reading, writing and communicating. Knowledge of basic subject areas such as reading and math. Ability to deal…