Paraprofessional

Lafourche Parish School District District Wide - Thibodaux, Louisiana Open in Google Maps

This job is also posted in Lafourche Parish School Board

Job : 5640636

Final date to receive applications: Mar 15, 2027 10:00 AM (Central Standard Time)

Posted: Apr 13, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Aug 5, 2026

PARAPROFESSIONAL

Qualifications

Highly Qualified Requirements

• Passed the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Para-Pro Assessment [ ETS Para Pro Assessment (0755) passing score: 450]; or
• Effective 8/31/2026 Passed the Educational Testing Service (ETS)
  Para Pathways exams ( 5758 passing score: 332and 5759 passing score: 334); or
• Completed two years of full-time study (48 semester credit hours) from a state-approved or regionally accredited institution of higher education*; or
• Earned an Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, or Associate of Applied Science degree from a state-approved or regionally accredited institution of higher education

* Within the forty-eight semester hours, the paraprofessional must complete a total of 15 hours of general education requirements that include English Composition (3), English/Reading (6), and Mathematics (6). For the remaining 33 hours of coursework, acceptance of credit for a course shown on a transcript form an approved higher education institution is left to school district discretion in addressing the needs of the specific job.

Discipline-specific electives may include as many as 12 hours of developmental (remedial) courses.

Reports to:

PRINCIPAL

(1) Perform duties under the direct supervision of the assigned teacher's). Duties may include, but shall not be limited to, implementing tutorial activities (small group and/or individual), toileting/hygiene procedures, medical record keeping and preparation of class work

(2) Perform physical demands requiring frequent lifting, carrying, transferring, or pushing of objects or wheelchairs weighing at least 50 pounds. Physical demands may also include walking and standing to a significant degree, kneeling, stooping, balancing, crouching, reaching, grasping, head and neck movement, and movement across mid-line. The paraprofessional must possess motor coordination, manual dexterity, finger dexterity, alertness, precision, speaking ability, auditory discrimination, and tactile discrimination

(3) Perform duties that relate to and support the educational process of the students. These duties may include medical and hygiene procedures, i.e., tube feeding, oral suctioning, trachea suctioning, catheterization, medication administration, glucose checks, ostomy bag care/changes, diapering and other noncomplex medical procedures deemed necessary by the nurse and IEP Committee. These procedures are determined by student need, not by program area.

The paraprofessional may be required to move from one program area to another within the day

(4) Assist the students with activities as directed by the teacher(s). The paraprofessional may assist individual students, group of students, or students in an inclusive setting as well as accompany student(s) to recess and lunch if determined by IEP

(5) Assist and support the students’ instructional process as planned by the teacher(s), score objective tests and gather and record data

(6) Keep a log of daily activities performed with itinerant, within and/or between schools, as required by the program coordinator

(7) Support and implement the discipline philosophy of the school as well as disciplinary procedures designed for individual students

(8) Adhere to policy and procedure set forth by each individual school for schedules, break time, lunch time, and duty

(9) Attend IEP and other staff meetings as requested by teacher or…