Substitute Para Educator

Starting Date: Immediately

The job of instructional para educator is done for the purpose of providing assistance to classroom teachers. Responsibilities vary with individual assignment, but typically include tutoring students, providing small and large group instructions, and implementing behavior management systems. This position requires working with students with varied disabilities (mild to severe learning, behavioral, emotional, and physical disabilities). To remain on our active substitute list, substitutes will need to have had a minimum of 4 assignments per month before the last day of school.

Likewise, subs who are inactive for more than 30 consecutive days may be released from the Mead substitute position.

• Provide instructional support and assistance in teaching and learning as needed in small or large group situations
• Assist teachers with various duties related to the instruction of students such as observing, recording data, charting behavior, and classroom preparation
• Follow and implement plans, procedures, strategies, or tasks as directed by an administrator or certificated staff
• Learn and apply approaches/strategies to use when working with students in an instructional setting
• Demonstrate interest in working with students, including those with special needs
• Encourage and model expected behavior
• Build and maintain a positive, caring relationship with all students
• Assist in maintaining safety, behavior, decorum, and order in common areas including, but not limited to, cafeteria, playground, corridors, study halls, gymnasium, auditorium, locker rooms, parking lots, crosswalks, detention rooms, and school busses
• Toilet/diaper and feed students, if necessary; may include tube feeding and catheterization
• Work cooperatively and respectfully with all members of the school community
• Demonstrate sensitivity and respect for diversity among all members of the school/department or district community
• Keep documentation and maintain organized records on a daily basis
• Participate in training courses in order to enhance skills
• Perform basic computer skills such as word processing and email
• Report to assigned duty areas promptly and reliably
• Remain flexible to changes in assignments or situations
• Work independently with minimal supervision
• Provide first aid in case of illness and/or injury and report accidents to the building office
• Perform other duties as directed by the building principal

• Proof of high school diploma or equivalent
• Current first aid/CPR certification or willingness to obtain promptly

• Demonstrated skill in communicating effectively with all staff, students, and as a team member, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work with students in a warm and confident manner
• Knowledge of student safety rules and procedures
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality

A person working in this position will exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally while carrying, pushing, and/or pulling to move objects. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unaided and may lift over 50 pounds with the assistance of another person and/or a lift assist. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit;

some stooping, kneeling, and/or crouching; and significant fine finger dexterity. The job is performed under conditions with exposure to risk of injury and/or ordinary infectious diseases carried by students.

The salary range for the para educator is $17.75 – $19.25 per hour. Substitutes accrue 1 hour of sick leave for every 40 hours worked. Substitutes who work 630 hours become benefit eligible for the remainder of the school year. Standard benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long‑term disability. Benefits are provided through the School Employee Benefits Board (SEBB).

All other applicants interested in this position must apply through our online applicant system found on the website d354.org. Upload the required documents to your application. If you have questions regarding…