Paraeducator

Paraeducator Special Education Transitional Kindergarten

School: Chimacum Creek Primary - School Year: 2026-27

Reports to: Building Principal - Bargaining Unit: CIA

Status: Regular - Start Date: When Filled

Days Per Year: 180 - Hours Per Day: 6.5

Start Time: 8:00 AM - End Time: 3:30PM

Wage Range (Salaries are stated as an estimate only. Actual salary is confirmed only upon hire/job offer.)$22.39-27.94 / Hour

Note: Employees are paid the last working day of each month.

Position Summary

Assist teachers with individualized and small group instruction for students of all educational levels who have physical or behavioral needs or are medically fragile. Support student's special health care needs and develop daily living and behavioral skills. Assist staff with classroom preparation and retrieval, use and storage of equipment and supplies. May supervise and assist students in library, classrooms, resource rooms, playgrounds, crosswalks, hallways or getting on and off a bus. May be assigned to an individual student and matriculate with the student until education is completed.

Supervision and Controls over the Work

The employee works with a high level of independence and professional discretion under the general supervision of a designated school administrator. The employee's work is governed, controlled, and evaluated by acceptable professional practice, school and district policies and regulations, provisions of Washington Administrative Code and Revised Code of Washington, direction of the supervisor, and performance standards and expectations as set forth in the collective bargaining agreement.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Work with students with special needs.
• Assists student(s) working on assignments and projects with organizational skills, restating directions or explaining concepts.
• Provides physical assistance for student(s) when necessary to complete task or assignment.
• Encourage and assist student(s) participation in learning, helping to maintain focus on assignments.
• Assist student(s) with motivation, behavior management, and positive verbal communication.
• Model appropriate social skills and redirect student(s) behavior as needed.
• Provide for the physical, health and safety needs of students, which may include maneuvering student(s), standard feeding, toileting, diapering, restraint, de-escalation, getting on and off a bus, implementing behavior plans as appropriate, and teaching independent living skills.
• Provide delegated physical care and procedures under supervision of registered nurse in accordance with state law, which may include tube feeding, catheterization, or administering medication.
• Assist classroom teachers / special education teachers / special education specialists in the implementation of student IEPs.
• Enter data as needed, research information, document attendance, prepare and document communication to parents under the direct supervision of the teacher, and access email via computer.
• Models appropriate behavior for students.
• Assists other personnel as may be requested.
• Manages student(s) during simulated or actual emergency crisis (fire alarm, medical emergency, lockdown, etc.) in building.
• Maintains strict confidentiality of student information.
• Ability to communicate essential oral or written information to parents, students, and colleagues in fluent English.
• Basic knowledge of computers.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, and community.

Qualifications

• High school graduation or equivalent.
• Demonstrate positive student management strategies that promote student success.
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with others to promote a positive environment.
• Demonstrated proficiency in math, reading, and oral /written language skills.
• Demonstrated qualities of adaptability, dependability, humor, and tolerance.
• Demonstrated ability to carry out the work assignment with minimal supervision.
• Commitment to professional growth.
• Demonstrated willingness to accept feedback related to job performance improvement.
• Meet Title 1 requirements for highly qualified (pass exam or have 72 college credit hours).
• WA State Proclamation 21-14.1 requires all employees working for public and private K-12 schools to be fully vaccinated against COVID19 or obtain a religious or medical exemption. This directive became effective October 18, 2021.

Additional Job Information

This position may be combined with other assignments depending on qualifications.

Physical and Environmental Requirements of the Position:

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, move about, hear, and speak, and be visually observant of classroom behavior and learning activities.

The employee may occasionally lift, restrain, or move up to 100 pounds – most typically when required to intervene in student safety issues.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, or consistent with the subject being taught, but can be abnormally loud on occasion.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally work in outside weather conditions and be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, temperature fluctuations, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals commonly used in instruction and/or cleaning. It may be expected that the individual could be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials during the course of their duties. The employee may be exposed to infectious disease as carried by students.

The employee may be required to travel on school owned or leased vehicles while supervising and assisting students.

Application Material Required

Go to to submit an online application. Complete online applications include a letter of interest, completed district application, resume, and three (3) letters of recommendation.

Questions regarding completion of application? Please contact:

Upuli Murray, Executive Assistant

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Open Until Filled