Elementary SRBI Paraeducator - Full-time

ul class="postingsList" id="p6693_"table class="title" style="padding: 0px; width:99.2%"tbodytrtd id="wrapword" style="width: 950px; padding: 5px;"Elementary SRBI Paraeducator/tdtd style="width: 275px;"span class="title2" style="float:right;text-align:right;margin-top: 8px;margin-right: 6px;" JobID: 6693 input type="button" value=" Apply " onclick="applyFor('6693','Paraeducators','Paraeducator')" class="screenOnly ApplyButton"/span/td/tr/tbody/tablediv style="position:relative;"lispan class="label"Position Type:/spanbrnbsp;nbsp;span class="normal"Paraeducators//spanspan class="normal"Paraeducator/spanbrbr/lilispan class="label"Date Posted:/spanbrnbsp;nbsp;span class="normal"6/16/2025/spanbrbr/lilispan class="label"Location:/spanbrnbsp;nbsp;span class="normal"Elementary Level/spanbrbr/lilispan class="label"Date Available:/spanbrnbsp;nbsp;span class="normal"2025/2026 SY/spanbrbr/lilispan class="label" Closing Date: /spanbrnbsp;nbsp;span class="normal"Open Until Filled/spanbrbr/lispannbsp;nbsp;/spanspan class="label"Additional Information: nbsp;/spanspan class="normal"a href="javascript:void(toggle_block('DescriptionText6693_'))"uShow/Hide/u/a/spanbrspan id="DescriptionText6693_" style="border: 1px solid black; padding:5px; display:none; opacity:.8;"span class="normal"strongua href="https://www.danbury.k12.ct.us/"Danbury Public Schools/anbsp;/unbsp;/strongis a diverse community located in the western part of Connecticut and serving more than 12,500 students spread across the City ofnbsp;Danbury,nbsp;Connecticut.nbsp;We are committed to cultivating equity and excellence for all of our students, closing the opportunity gaps, and preparing students for post-secondary success.nbsp; Thenbsp;a href="https://www.danbury.k12.ct.us/district-2/statements/"mission/anbsp;ofnbsp;Danbury Public Schools, in partnership with families and the community,nbsp; is to provide transformational learning experiences, designed to nurture thoughtful and prepared graduates. We have set very ambitious and rigorous goals to assure that our students graduate prepared to transform our world, and we are always searching for staff who are committed to our mission and the success of our students.nbsp; Our schools range from 13 different and unique elementary schools including an interdistrict magnet school for International Studies, to three middle schools, including an intradistrict magnet school focused on STEM and World Studies, to our flagship Danbury Career Academies that are transforming how we deliver education to students with a wide range of interests taught by a faculty with real world and academic experiences.nbsp; DPS recruits and commits to educators with passion, who are committed to our vision tonbsp;aspirenbsp;to advancenbsp;uALL/unbsp;learners to their highest potential.br br strong style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"Purpose:/strongspan style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"nbsp;To serve as an integral member of the classroom instructional team by working under the direct supervision of the Student Support Specialist, reporting to Building Principals and, for program oversight, to the District Administrator for SRBI and Blended Learning, with the goal of providing individualized services to small groups of students that support the district’s mission to educate all children to higher levels./spanbr style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" br style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" b style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"EXAMPLE OF DUTIES amp; RESPONSIBILITIES:/b ul style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"liImplement individual and small group intervention under the supervision of a certified teacher to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially introduced by the teacher.nbsp;/li liAdminister, score and record achievements and diagnostic tests, under the direction of the teachernbsp;for individual students or groups of students./li liAssist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities./li liAssist the teacher in the handling, operation and care of equipment, used in the classroom, including media, and instructional materials./li liCheck notebooks, correct papers and supervise testing and make-up work, as assigned by the teacher./li liServe as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher./li liAssist the teacher in drill work, large group reading or storytelling./li liHelp students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by teacher./li liGuide independent study, enrichment work and remedial work set and assigned by the teacher.ironment./li liAttend Professional Development programming as required by the Building Administrator and/or District Administrators./li liPerform related duties as assigned by the teacher and/or administrator./li /ul span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"nbsp;nbsp;/spanb style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS amp; ABILITIES:/b ul style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;"liAbility to understand and follow oral and written instructions effectively./li liExhibits good judgment, patience, tact and courtesy./li liMust possess or be willing to acquire the skills necessary to work productively with children./li liDemonstrated ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions effectively./li liMust exhibit good judgment, patience, tact and courtesy./li liPhysical condition commensurate with the demands of, at a minimum, the essential functions of the position./li liUtilizes and maintains ethical practices for confidential communication about students./li /ul strong data-end="4369" data-start="4342"Minimum Qualifications:/strong ulli data-end="4402" data-start="4371"High school diploma required./li li data-end="4591" data-start="4403"Must meet NCLB compliance requirements:ulli data-end="4515" data-start="4449"bEithernbsp;/bpossess an Associate’s Degree or 60 college credits/li li data-end="4591" data-start="4518"strong data-end="4526" data-start="4520"Or/strongnbsp;have successfully passed thenbsp;strong data-end="4590" data-start="4556"Parapro Assessment Examination/strong./li /ul /li li data-end="4637" data-start="4592"Experience working with children preferred./li li data-end="4810" data-start="4699"Must possess or be willing to acquire the necessary skills to support the needs of English language learners./li /ul strong data-end="4751" data-start="4728"Working Conditions:/strong ulliFull-time, 32.5 hours a week/li li$20.00 per hour/li liBenefits, as per Union Contract/li /ul br strong data-end="4874" data-start="4848"Application Procedure:/strongbr Apply online at:nbsp;a aria-describedby="audioeye_new_window_message" data-end="4947" data-start="4894" href="http://www.danbury.k12.ct.us/" rel="noopener" target="_new"www.danbury.k12.ct.us/a/spanbrimg src="https://www.applitrack.com/clear.gif" height="8"br/spanbrdiv class="label" align="right" style="position:absolute; 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