Special Education Paraprofessional - ECSE; Pre-K

Special Education Paraprofessional - ECSE (Pre‑K)

Job

• Date Posted: 2/25/2026
• Closing Date: 03/03/2026

30 hours/week, 10‑month calendar – Traditional elementary calendar.

Work hours:

Mon‑Thurs: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm;
Friday: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. ECSE classrooms for 3‑to‑5‑year‑olds are located in 13 elementary sites, the Cedar Valley Learning Center, and Dakota Valley Learning Center.

ASAP

March 3, 2026 – 4:00 p.m.

Internal and external candidates:
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• High school diploma AND two years of college OR Associate’s degree OR MN passing score on the Para Educator test.
• Effective behavior management and health support skills, able to maintain routine in a student’s day.
• Effective communication and teamwork skills for interactions with staff, students, and parents.
• Experience working in a center‑based and inclusion setting.
• Must be able to perform essential job functions, which may include toileting, catheters, lifting, medication administration, gastric tube feedings, health tasks to support student, pool, DAPE, ability to work outside.
• Demonstrated experience and proficiency working with a culturally, ethnically, racially and socioeconomically diverse school community is preferred.

• Assist in communication with staff, parents, and students.
• Assist teacher/nurse in collection and maintaining data.
• Implement intervention strategies developed by licensed staff.
• Implement behavior intervention plans.
• Implement health plans.
• Assist with crisis interventions and discipline.
• Have knowledge of effective sensory activities.
• Instruct individual students following programs designed by lead teacher.
• Assist with independent study.
• Reinforce lessons with small groups of students.
• Work outdoors with students and staff in a variety of weather conditions.

Building Principal

RAVE Clerical Association, Wage Group V – According to contractual agreement (2025‑26 contract). Step 1: $21.32/hour;
Step 2: $22.62/hour;
Step 3: $23.91/hour. Paraprofessional classification receives a $1.00 per hour differential in addition to base rate.

Benefit eligible employees receive medical, dental, life, long‑term disability insurance, sick‑leave, state pension plan, tax‑deferred retirement savings account, and flexible spending account. Some employee groups also receive vacation, holidays, or personal leave.

As required by Title IX and other state and federal nondiscrimination laws, District 196 does not discriminate in employment or any of its education programs and activities, including vocational opportunities, on the basis of sex, race, religion, color, creed, national origin, marital status, familial status, disability, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, age or genetic information.

District 196 provides equal access to designated youth groups.

* Asterisked categories are limited to employment‑related discrimination and harassment.