Transition Services: Special Education Paraeducator - TEAM Program

Location:

Stamford, CT
School Year: 2025‑2026
Date Posted: 9/8/2025
Closing Date:
Until Filled

Para educator – Special Education for Medically Fragile and Moderately to Severely Disabled Students (TEAM Program)

TEAM – Together Everyone Achieves More services medically fragile students who require nursing care, adaptive equipment, specialized augmentative communication, and assistive technology. Arts and music therapy support student engagement and inclusive opportunities with general education classes. Related services may include speech therapy, social skills, occupational therapy, and physical therapy.

Serve as an integral member of the student support team, providing services in accordance with the goals/objectives identified by the Individual Education Plan (IEP) with the overarching objective of promoting student independence and autonomy.

Certified Staff Professional(s) and/or appropriate Administrator.

• Support students in increasing capacity to perform tasks independently by using strategies that gradually release responsibilities to students.
• Work with individual students or small groups under the supervision of a certified teacher to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Record achievements and diagnostic tests, under the direction of the teacher, for individual students or groups of students.
• Assist the teacher in handling, operating, and caring for equipment used in the classroom, including media, instructional materials, assistive technology, and augmentative communication devices.
• Assist with daily living needs such as feeding and bathroom accommodations (e.g., toileting, diapering).
• Guide activities of daily living, sensory diets, OT/PT programs.
• Assist with physical transfers into wheelchairs, standers, and other adaptive equipment.
• Assist with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, field trips, and other non‑classroom activities.
• Support implementation of goals and objectives (IEP) as assigned by certified staff while maintaining strict confidentiality.
• Serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Assist with implementation of health‑care plans for students and other medical needs.
• Alert the teacher(s) regarding any problems or special information related to an individual student.

• Assist with the supervision of students during lunch, recess, arrival and dismissal, assemblies, emergency drills, play periods, field trips, and other non‑classroom activities as assigned.
• Participate in professional development training programs as required.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Willingness to learn and adapt to best practice strategies for supporting students with IEPs, including encouraging independence and autonomy.
• Willingness to assist and monitor medically fragile students supervised by a nurse (training provided as needed).
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions effectively.
• Proficiency in basic reading, math, writing, and speaking English.
• Possession or willingness to acquire the skills necessary to work productively with children.
• Appropriate reading, spelling, writing, and math skills to support student learning.
• Physical condition commensurate with the demands of, at a minimum, the essential functions of the position.
• Good judgment, patience, tact, and courtesy.
• Demonstrated use and maintenance of ethical practices for confidential communication about students.

• Must follow the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirements and have passed the Para Pro Assessment, hold an Associate’s Degree, or have completed at least 60 credits at an approved college.
• Must possess or be willing to acquire the skills necessary to support any specialized programs for special needs students, including support of behavioral plans, strategies…