Paraeducator

Position
:
Support Staff/Para educator-SPED Significant Needs

Location
:
Ayres Elementary School

Working Hours
:
Full-time, 165 scheduled working days during the school year; 8 hours per day; 4-day school week (Tuesday–Friday).

Salary range
: minimum $17.30 per hour, salary dependent on experience.

Benefits
:
Medical/Vision/Dental/Life/&D/FSA/PTO/Voluntary Supplemental Plans. Eligible employees may access employer‑paid health insurance, optional dental & vision, supplemental life insurance, flexible spending plans, and retirement savings plans.

• Assist assigned teachers with instructional and physical student support.
• Deliver instructional activities according to the individual student’s IEP, design and implement learning environment with appropriate assistive technologies and multisensory materials.
• Support students’ integration into general education classrooms; communicate with general education teachers regarding student needs; impart life skills such as self‑hygiene and social/emotional skills.
• Supervise and facilitate sensory and movement rest periods between academic activities to increase engagement.
• Assist teachers in implementing positive behavior plans and systems appropriate to the individual student.
• Provide student oversight and supervision during out‑of‑classroom activities (arrivals, departures, outside breaks, passing periods, etc.).
• Communicate with other paraprofessionals and staff to track student movements, schedules, and locations; may travel with student during transportation if needed.
• Provide personal hygienic needs: medication dispensing, meal preparation, feeding or toileting/diapering, while maintaining HIPAA confidentiality and personal dignity.
• Collect and review progress on students’ work toward IEP goals/objectives; collaborate with SPED teachers.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Demonstrated aptitude for the work to be performed.
• Alternatives to the above qualifications as deemed appropriate by the Board.

• Associate’s or higher degree.
• At least 48 college credit hours or successful completion of Work Keys test (Reading, Information, Mathematics, Business Writing).

Equal Opportunity Employer

RE-1 Valley School District is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship.

RE-1 Valley School District makes hiring decisions based on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.