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Assist students with severe special education needs by implementing IEPs, delivering adapted curriculum, and applying behavior strategies. Provide technical physical care and support students in both classroom and remote learning environments.
Requires a High School Equivalency diploma and the ability to pass a criminal background check. Candidates must possess intermediate communication skills and the ability to manage volatile situations and provide physical care.
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Job Title: Severe Needs Para Educator |
FLSA Exemption Status: Non-Exempt |
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Classification Group: Paraeducators |
Supervising Position: School Principal or designee |
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Pay Plan: Educational Support Personnel |
Pay Range: Range 07 |
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Last Updated: 07/22/2025 |
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JOB SUMMARY: Under the guidance of licensed special education staff, assist students with severe special education needs by helping individuals or small groups of students with curriculum, implementing programming, generalizing learned skills, and implementing behavior strategies. Assist licensed special education staff by preparing materials, monitoring students, and recording student achievement and progress. Provide technical physical care for students. Maintain a clean and hygienic work environment where appropriate. When working in an online/remote environment, provide support to students by assisting them with access to remote learning, re-teaching curriculum, implementing programming, setting up executive functioning strategies, generalizing learned skills, and completing assignments. Assignments include: Autism, Behavior Development (BD), Early Childhood Education, Homebound (FAPE) Program, Integrated Learning Center (ILC), Serious Emotional Disability (SED), and Transition Programming.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The subsequent duties outline the fundamental operations of the position and exemplify the nature of the tasks carried out. They do not encompass a comprehensive inventory of the obligations and responsibilities fulfilled in this role. The approximation of frequencies and time allocation percentages are flexible and subject to the requirements of the organization. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
| Shared Job Task Across Assignments | Frequency | Percentage of Time | |
| 1. | Assist students with classroom activities, including adapting the curriculum to individual student needs. Assist with curriculum delivery to both individuals and small groups to ensure generalization of skills. | Daily | 35% |
| 2. | Implement student accommodations, supports, modifications, procedures, and programming outlined in the student's Individual Education Plan (IEP). Maintain records of student progress and behavior in conjunction with licensed staff, which may include special reports, providing feedback, and reporting observations to the Individualized Education Program (IEP) team. | Daily | 30% |
| 3. | Assist special education licensed staff in preparing materials, administering tests, attendance, etc. Assist with paperwork and documentation as needed. Assist with other classroom events, such as fire drills, as necessary. | Daily | 5% |
| 4. | Perform other duties as assigned or requested. | Daily | 5% |
| TOTAL | 75% |
| Job Task Description | Frequency | Percentage of Time | |
| 1. | Monitor students and reinforce appropriate behavior for individual student needs. Assist in verbal de-escalation and non-violent crisis interventions to reduce the risk of self-harm and harm to others. Assist student development of social interactions or communication between students with special needs and general education peers. | Daily | 15% |
| 2. | Provide technical physical care for students with special needs as assigned, which may include toileting, grooming, cleaning ventilation devices, feeding, care of gastrostomy tube (G-tube), positioning, and improving range of motion (Autism Classroom or ILC). Following training and as delegated by a registered school nurse, accurately follow student medication delivery orders. | Daily | 10% |
| TOTAL | 25% |
| Job Task Description | Frequency | Percentage of Time | |
| 1. | Monitor students and reinforce appropriate behavior for individual student needs. Assist in verbal de-escalation and non-violent crisis interventions to reduce the risk of self-harm and harm to others. Assist student development of social interactions or communication between students with special needs and general education peers. | Daily | 25% |
| TOTAL | 25% | ||
| Job Task Description | Frequency | Percentage of Time | |
| 1. | Assist small groups of students or individuals with online classroom activities, during synchronous or asynchronous learning, including curriculum accommodations or modifications. Assist with curriculum delivery or practice to ensure generalization of skills. If working in DHH Program, develop student language, vocabulary, reading, and writing using sign language for students who need a signing para-educator. | Daily | 50% |
| 2. | Prepare assignments for students to complete at home and support students in completing assigned work. | Daily | 35% |
| 3. | Maintain records of student progress and behavior in conjunction with the licensed staff, which may include special reports, providing feedback, and reporting observations to the Individualized Education Program team. | Daily | 5% |
| 4. | Support students in troubleshooting technology issues. | Daily | 5% |
| 5. | Perform other duties as assigned or requested. | Daily | 5% |
| TOTAL | 100% |
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS: This job has no direct supervisory responsibilities.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: The minimum prerequisites of formal education, professional work experience, certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, trainings, and other criteria that a candidate must fulfill to be considered for a position. It is essential that certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, and trainings are fulfilled, valid, and not expired.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS: The physical demands, mental functions, cognitive capacities, and work environment factors required to perform a position’s essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Formal education, professional work experience, certifications, licenses, endorsements, designations, trainings, and other qualifications relevant to the position that are strongly preferred but not mandatory for a candidate to be considered.
Additional Information: ILC Para
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