6.50 Hours/Day; 195 days/year
Salary Schedule: Paraeducator
Link to job description: Paraeducator (Special Education)
Link to job description: Paraeducator (Resource Room and Program Support)
Benefits Information: All K-12 school districts, educational service districts, and charter schools participate in the Washington State Health Care Authority’s SEBB Program that provides health care and other benefits for eligible school employees statewide. Please visit the School Employee Benefits Board (SEBB) Information page for more information. Additional job related benefits (including retirement information and collective bargaining agreements) are detailed on the following Everett Public Schools website here: EPS Benefits Website
Collective Bargaining Agreement: Everett Association of Paraeducators Developmental Preschool
Developmental Preschool is for students with developmental delays and moderate to severe cognitive, academic and adaptive delays, who may require communication and/or motor therapies prior to entering kindergarten. Their disability impacts their ability to interact or make progress with typical peers
Developmental Kindergarten
Developmental kindergarten is for students with developmental delays and with moderate to severe cognitive, academic and adaptive delays, who may require communication and/or motor therapies. These students may access a pre-kindergarten curriculum or may progress with the typical kindergarten curriculum but at a slower pace than that of their typical peers.
Resource Program
The Resource Program is a service for students with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD), health impairment, and mild social/emotional behavioral deficits. The Resource Room provides students with specially designed instruction to be successful in general education classrooms.
Extended Resource Program
The Extended Resource Program is a service for students who have mild to moderate delays in general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior. The students in the Extended Resource Program, based on their needs, receive transportation from their homes to their schools.
Life Skills Program
The Life Skills Program is a service for students with significant cognitive and academic delays, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior. These programs are for students who will likely need a life-skills or functional approach to academic instruction. The students who are assigned to the programs, based on their needs, receive transportation from their homes to the schools.
Achieve Program
The Achieve Program supports students with either a health impairment or social/emotional behavior disability that adversely affects the student's educational performance. These classrooms are designed for students who need support in learning behavioral controls so that they can access learning opportunities. Each student has a Functional Behavior Assessment and Behavior Intervention Plan. Classes are structured so that teachers can work individually with each child's particular needs in this area.
Gaining Ownership of Adult Lives (GOAL); an 18-21 Transition Program
The GOAL Program is designed to be a link between high school and adult life. It is a transition program that provides a sequence of school-based experiences and training to assist a trainee with special needs to become more self-reliant and independent. GOAL is not for students who need a full-time academic program. Students who enter the GOAL Program usually have completed their high school graduation requirements in an Extended Resource Program.
Students Transitioning Responsibly into Vocational Experiences (STRIVE); an 18-21 Transition Program
The STRIVE Program is designed to be a link between high school and adult life. As with GOAL, it is a transition program that provides a sequence of school-based experiences and training to assist a trainee with special needs to become more self-reliant and independent. STRIVE is not a place for students who need a full-time academic program. Students who enter the GOAL Program usually have completed their high school graduation requirements in a Life Skills Program.
Apply online at www.everettsd.org at employment. Only completed applications with all supporting documents will be screened. Completed applications must be on file in Human Resources by 4:00 p.m. on the closing date.
Nondiscrimination statement
Everett Public Schools does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:
Title IX/Civil Rights Compliance Officer and ADA Coordinator
Chad Golden
PO Box 2098, Everett WA 98213
425-385-4100
[email protected]
Section 504 Coordinator
Dave Peters
PO Box 2098, Everett WA 98213
425-385-4063
[email protected]
Gender-Inclusive Schools Coordinator
Joi Odom Grant
PO Box 2098, Everett WA 98213
425-385-4137
[email protected]
Translated versions of this statement can be accessed at: https://docushare.everett.k12.wa.us/docushare/dsweb/View/Collection-4736
