LHS Special Education Para

Posting # 65-26/27

Job Title:

LHS Special Education Life Skills Paraprofessional 6 hrs. Per Day Open: 9/8/2026

First File Review: 9/15/2026

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Open Until Filled Help Each Student Find Their Way Forward

For some students, progress is measured in moments others might overlook: joining a group, communicating a need, completing a difficult task, or making it through a challenging day with someone steady beside them. As a Special Education Para educator, you will help create those moments through patience, encouragement, and the belief that every student is capable of growth.

This work calls for someone who can look beyond a difficult moment and continue to see the student—a young person with strengths, feelings, humor, and possibilities of their own. You will provide individualized support, celebrate meaningful progress, and help students build the confidence and skills to participate more fully in their classroom and school community.

The days will not always be easy, but your presence can make school feel safer, more manageable, and more hopeful for a student who needs you. If you are compassionate, dependable, and willing to meet students where they are while helping them move forward, we invite you to consider joining our team.

The Hourly Rate range for the position is Min. $20.05 – Max. $26.16. Salary placement will be at Step 1 of the Nine Mile Classified Public Employees Association Collective Bargaining Agreement unless documentation of experience is received per the Collective Bargaining Agreement. The Collective Bargaining Agreement and Salary Schedules can be from the For Employees page of the Nine Mile Falls School District website .

Nine Mile Falls policies and Procedures can be accessed online  under the Our District page.

Each employee shall accumulate up to twelve (12) days of sick leave per year. An employee employed less than a full work year shall be entitled to a proportionate part of the sick leave allowance. (Example: An employee working 10 months will receive 10 days of sick leave.) A maximum of three (3) Annual Leave days is provided for all employees based on the employee's scheduled employment hours per day to be used for an absence during work hours, or to be accumulated for the purpose of cash out.

Employees anticipated to work more than 630 hours per year will be eligible for Benefits through the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB). Standard benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability. Positions anticipated to work 70 hours or more per month for at least 5 months over a 12-month period are eligible for Retirement through the State Department of Retirement Services.

Monday-Friday, 6 hours/day, 7:30 am-2:00 pm.

Lakeside High School

(1 or 2 sentence summary of position):

Assist the Special Education/Life Skills teachers in maintaining classroom activities and environment so that students may learn effectively. Under supervision of certified staff, assist in implementing appropriate activities, both behavioral and academic, with students qualified for special education in general education and special education settings.

Mike McCune, Principal

Michelle Mace, Director of Student Services

Special Education Paraprofessional

26-27 School Year

• High school diploma or equivalent. Para Educator/Instructional Assistant/Secretarial applicants must provide documentation of a passing grade on;
• ETS Parapro Assessment (455); or
• Pearson Paraprofessional Assessment (220) (Available in December 2023) or;
• The Master Teacher Ins. Para educator Online Training Program (65%); or
• Unofficial Transcript of…