JOB DESCRIPTION
Position Title: Paraprofessional - Special Education - K-5
Location: Parkside ES
Department: Building Personnel
Reports to: Principal/Assistant Principal
FLSA Class: Non-Exempt
FTE: 1.0
SUMMARY
This position is responsible for working closely with students in a general education classroom with students with learning disabilites, autism, or mild behvaviors on a regular basis in an effort to provide them with the support they need to gain full benefit from the District’s special education program.
DUTIES
- Discusses assigned duties with classroom teachers in order to coordinate instructional efforts.
- Prepares lesson materials, bulletin Board displays, exhibits, equipment, and demonstrations as needed.
- Presents subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of teachers, using lectures, discussions, or supervised role-playing methods.
- Establishes as fully as possible a supportive and sympathetic relationship with the student(s) without fostering or encouraging intense emotional involvement.
- Serves as a resource person, if and when requested, to the student personnel evaluation team conferring about one of the students to whom assigned.
- Supervises students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips.
- Conducts demonstrations to teach such skills as sports, dancing, and handicrafts.
- Distributes teaching materials such as textbooks, workbooks, papers, and pencils to students.
- Distributes tests and homework assignments, and collect them when they are completed.
- Enforces administration policies and rules governing students.
- Grades homework and tests, and computes and records results, using answer sheets or electronic marking devices.
- Completes required reports in a timely manner.
- Teaches socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification and positive reinforcement.
- Works with students with multiple physical, mental, and developmental disabilities.
- Is familiar with and uses adaptive equipment including, communication equipment, wheel chairs, adaptive feeding tools, etc.
- Assists students with self-care, hygiene, and feeding as necessary.
- May be required to perform tasks that students are not able to do, i.e. taking notes, handling materials, holding books, etc.
- May work with/handle resistive students.
- Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
- Maintains a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
- Assists the classroom teacher in other tasks necessary in maintaining a professional and positive classroom environment, and performs other teacher aide duties as may be assigned by the classroom teacher, administration or Board of Education.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Must have a registered license with the Regional Office of Education #17 at the time of hire.
- Must have excellent Oral and Written communication skills to work with teachers, education support personnel, building administrators and the general public.
- Enforce school regulations and policies in a professional manner.
- Ability to maintain good working relationships with fellow employees and pupils.
- Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
- Requires employee to have the ability to push/pull up to 10 lbs.
- Must be detailed oriented.
Certification:
Must possess an educator license with stipulations endorsed for paraprofessional educator or professional educator license at the time of hire.
Compensation:
Fully Board Paid Medical, Dental, and Vision available.
Per the 2025-2026 Teaching Assistant Salary Schedule, the starting pay range is $19.00 - $21.85 and is based upon experience.
Apply online at: www.unit5.org
INTERNAL APPLICANTS WANTING TO APPLY SHOULD USE THE INTERNAL APPLICATION
