SPED Para Educator- LINKS at Bowles

Job Description

Paraprofessionals in the Springfield Public Schools have a substantial benefit package including competitive wages, paid sick leave, paid holidays, earning incentive days, and professional development opportunities including a robust Para to Teacher Pipeline program.

The Special Education Paraprofessional holds primary responsibility for overseeing the implementation of effective, rigorous academic and behavior intervention systems with a small caseload of students. The Special Education Paraprofessional will work closely with a small caseload of students who need additional supports to be successful in the classroom. This individual will support those students, their families, and their teachers in an effort to fundamentally change the successes they are realizing.

• Work alongside an experienced special educator to support a small caseload of students, driving the academic achievement of students with moderate to severe need.
• Implement an effective, rigorous academic and behavior intervention system with a small caseload of students.
• Provide consistent and high academic and behavioral expectations.
• Support student mastery of state, city, and school academic and behavioral standards.
• Lead daily individual and small group tutoring sessions.
• Communicate effectively with students, families, and colleagues.

• A passionate belief in SPS's mission, values, and educational model.
• An extraordinarily high bar for student behavior and expectations.
• An eagerness to set ambitious, challenging, and tangible goals, and a relentless drive to achieve them.
• An ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and a capacity to remain calm and focused when faced with unexpected challenges.
• Proven track record of high achievement.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including strong public speaking skills.
• A sense of humility in the face of success.
• Drive to improve the minds and lives of students in and out of the classroom.
• A high-school diploma or GED.
• Sixty (60) credit hours of college coursework or an associate’s degree, or a passing score on one of the following formalized standardized assessments:
  Para Pro Assessment or Work Keys Certificate of Proficiency for Teacher Assistants.
• Current authorization to work in the United States – a candidate must have such authorization by their first day of employment.

• Reading: 5
• Math: 4
• Writing: 3

The Springfield Public Schools is a leading public school district in Western Massachusetts. The Springfield Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or pregnancy‑related conditions, ancestry, age, disability, or military service, as defined and required by state and federal laws.

Additionally, the district prohibits retaliation against individuals who oppose discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or make a complaint of sex discrimination under Title IX, please contact the Springfield Public Schools Title IX Coordinator at titleix

• Position Type: Full Year (FT)
• Salary: $22.03 to $26.55 Per Hour
• Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
• Posted: Jun 25, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date: To Be Determined

• Mark McCann, Principal
• BOWLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
• Phone:
• Email:
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