Special Education Paraprofessional - ECSE

Description

30 hours/week, 10-month calendar - Traditional elementary calendar. Work hours are: 9 am - 4 pm M-TH, Friday's are 9 am - 1 pm. ECSE classrooms for 3-to-5-year old’s are in 13 elementary sites, the Cedar Valley Learning Center, and Dakota Valley Learning Center.

ASAP

January
27, 2026 – 4:00 p.m.

Internal Candidates and External Candidates:
Apply on-line trict
196.org

• 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 the 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.
• Ability to 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.
• Ability to work outdoors with students and staff in a variety of weather conditions.

Building Principal

RAVE Clerical Association, Wage Group V - According to contractual agreement. (based on 2025-26 contract)

Step 1 - $21.32/hour

Step 2 - $22.62/hour

Step 3 - $23.91/hour

Employees in the paraprofessional classification, according to contractual agreement, shall receive a $1.00 per hour differential in addition to their hourly base rate.

If benefit eligible, benefits are available to new employees effective the first day of active employment. Benefits include medical insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, 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. Benefit information is available at Employee Benefits - Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan ISD 196

As required by Title IX and other state and federal nondiscrimination laws, District 196 does not discriminate in employment or in 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.

The Director of Human Resources, Joel Milteer  – joel.milteer) is the designated Title IX Coordinator and has also been designated to respond to employment-related inquiries regarding the district’s non-discrimination policies. The Director of Elementary Education, Jeremy Sorenson  – jeremy.sorenson) and the Director of Secondary Education, Eric Hansen  – eric.hansen) have been designated to respond to student-related inquiries regarding the district’s non-discrimination policies.

The Director of Special Education, Janet Fimmen  – janet.fimmen) has been designated to respond to inquiries concerning the rights of a student with a disability. The mailing address for all directors is rd Street W, Rosemount, MN 55068. Title IX inquiries may also be referred to the Assistant Secretary of the US Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

• Asterisked categories are limited to employment-related discrimination and harassment.