Special Education Paraeducator

Under the direction of assigned supervisor, assist a certificated teacher in providing instruction to individuals or small groups of students in an assigned educational program; assist children with meeting the goals and objectives of their Individualized Education Plan (IEP); attend to the physical and health needs of students; monitor and report student progress regarding educational performance; perform a variety of clerical and supportive duties related to classroom activities and classroom management. This position is distinguished from other student support roles in that, in addition to providing instructional support to students with disabilities under the guidance of a certificated teacher, employees in these positions are primarily responsible for attendant physical duties to enable students with disabilities to have equal educational opportunities, assisting with basic health needs of students with disabilities, as trained, and assisting the classroom teacher in creating with setting up and maintaining engaging academic environments.

To assist teacher(s) and/or other certificated personnel by performing a variety of instructional support duties to individual or small groups of Special Education pupils in a classroom or resource environment encompassing a range of physical, emotional, intellectual, and communication disabilities for severely and non-severely handicapped pupils; to assist in the establishment and maintenance of appropriate classroom and site behavior; and to perform a routine of clerical tasks as assigned.

The class of Paraeducator-Special Education provides responsible clerical, care-taking, and/or paraprofessional activities in support of the educational/training objectives of certificated staff and requires a high degree of positive contact with special education students, community members, and both district and county office staff.

Depending on assignment, employees in this class work with students who have moderate to severe learning, physical and emotional disabilities, assisting in the implementation of classroom behavior intervention plans where necessary. Employees in this class may be assigned to work in the classroom(s), learning laboratory, community setting, and/or an office situation.

PREREQUISITES: Meet Highly Qualified requirement of No Child Left Behind: A high school diploma or equivalent or a) an Associate of Arts degree or higher, or b) 48 or more college units, or c) a passing score on a test (CBEST, ParaPro or CODESP) and relevant training or course work in child growth and development, instructional technology or closely related field.

One year of experience working with children of various age levels in a classroom setting and experience attending to students with physical needs preferred

Willingness to complete at least 15 hours of additional training as required to perform the duties of the job; including, without limitation, annual training describing the duties as mandated reporters of child abuse

SALARY:

$24 an hour

Valid California Driver’s License

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

• Approximately 95% of the time performing job duties is spent indoors, within a specialized classroom environment.

TRAVEL:

• This job class requires minimal routine travel within close proximity to the regular assigned work location.

Physical Setting:

• School

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Morgan Hill, CA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person