Paraeducators - Hingham Middle School

p style="text-align: center;"PARAEDUCATOR/p pnbsp;/p pstrongLocation/Program:nbsp; Inclusion Support/strong/p pstrongOriginal posting: July 31, 2025/strong/p pnbsp;/p pstrongJob Summary/strong/p pspan style="font-weight: 400;"To provide support to students and assist with interventions or academic support in collaboration with general educators and special educators.nbsp;nbsp;/span/p pspan style="font-weight: 400;"br //spanstrongGeneral Responsibilities/strong/p ul li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Support students in developing academic skills, social-emotional regulation, and gross and fine motor abilities./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Assist students in achieving academic and social-emotional goals as outlined in their Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) and as directed by school staff./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Implement IEP accommodations, modifications, and behavior support plans, including executive function coaching./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Provide individualized or small group instruction under the direction of appropriate staff./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Provide clarification of directions, redirect attention, and provide ongoing support as specified within student IEPs./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Break down assignments or projects into manageable steps and monitor student progress toward key checkpoints./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Proctor assessments (e.g., MCAS), assist with state assessment portfolios, including in small group, separate setting, or read-aloud formats./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Support students during classroom activities, ensuring understanding of directions and expectations./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Assist students with activities of daily living, which may include hygiene, dressing, eating, toileting, and clean-up./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Support student health and safety needs, including mobility assistance./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Help implement the daily classroom schedule and maintain classroom routines./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Supervise students in the classroom, during transitions, on field trips, and throughout the school day./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Respond to student needs and assist in managing classroom behavior when needed./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Assist with classroom preparation, organization, and clean-up./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Support student access to technology and related tools./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Collect and report student data as directed by staff./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Foster positive and collaborative relationships with students, parents, and colleagues./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Perform other duties as assigned by the school principal or designee./span/li /ul pstrongRequired Skills/Abilities/strong/p ul li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Ideal candidates are team-oriented, flexible, reliable, compassionate, energetic, patient, and willing to learn./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in written form.nbsp;/span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Maintain personal and professional boundaries.nbsp;/span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Maintain confidentiality at all times.nbsp;/span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Foster collaborative and effective working relationships/span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Attend ongoing professional development to support the paraeducator role./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Ability to learn and use assistive technology./span/li /ul pstrongSpecialized Skills/Training/strong/p ul li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Support student behavior management and skill development by utilizing de-escalation strategies and implementing behavior intervention plans under the guidance of the special education teacher and BCBA.nbsp;nbsp;/span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Safety Care training will be provided by the district as needed./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Proactively identify opportunities for student distress or dysregulation, working with educators to ensure environmental or work-related factors are considered throughout the studentrsquo;s day.nbsp;/span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Model and deliver coping and/or communication strategies to dysregulated students./span/li /ul pstrongEducation/Experience/Training/strong/p ul li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"High school diploma required; Associate degree preferred./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Experience working with children in an educational setting preferred/span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Familiarity with Special Education/IEPs preferred/span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Successful completion of a background check and CORI required./span/li /ul pstrongPhysical Requirements/strong/p ul li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Must be able to move, transport and position students (as needed).nbsp;/span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Must possess strength to lift/carry materials up to 20 pounds and strength to lift and/or reposition persons up to 50 pounds with assistance./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb, and run./span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Must be able to respond quickly in emergency situations/span/li /ul pstrongTerms of Employment/strong/p ul li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Terms and conditions of employment are specified under the provisions of the Hingham Educators Association (HEA) Unit B Collective Bargaining Agreement/span/li li style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-weight: 400;"Employment subject to successful completion of background checks pursuant to federal and/or state laws/span/li /ul pstrongFLSA Designation/strong/p pspan style="font-weight: 400;"Non-Exempt/span/p pnbsp;/p pstrongBenefit Information/strong/p pstrongspan style="font-weight: 400;"span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: normal;"Please see thisnbsp;/span/span/strongstrongspan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"a href="https://www.hinghamschools.org/page/benefits"span style="font-weight: normal;"span style="font-weight: 400;"lin/spanspan style="font-weight: normal;"k/span/span/a/span/strongstrongspan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Verdana', sans-serif; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-weight: normal;"nbsp;for information on benefits in the Hingham Public Schools/span/strong/p pnbsp;/p pstrongEqual Opportunity Employer/strong/p pspan style="font-weight: 400;"Hingham Public Schools does not discriminate in its educational and/or operational programs or activities on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, religion or religious creed, disability or handicap, sex or gender (including pregnancy), gender identify and/or expression (including a transgender identity), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law./span/p