Special Education Paraprofessional

Special Education Paraprofessional

Oxford Middle School 2026-27 School Year

Primary Function: To provide instructional, technical, and supervisory support to staff and students in the building.

Qualifications – Education & Experience: Associates degree or equivalent preferred (highly qualified status required for Title I buildings), minimum high school diploma. Ability to effectively relate with students, staff, and parents. Ability to assist with the instruction of students. Ability to lift and maneuver 50 pounds, unaided. Meet requirements set forth in applicable state and federal laws. Ability to manage students in individual, small group, and whole group situations. Must exhibit a pleasant personality and positive attitude toward working with students, administration, staff, and community members. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Supervise and monitor students relating to before, during and after school activities as directed by the building administrator(s).
• Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills assigned by the teacher.
• Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Operate and care for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Help students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by teachers.
• Serve as a source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Participate in job related in-service training programs.
• Aid students needing assistance in self-care, including toileting, intermittent catheterization, and other health care duties, as required and with proper training.
• Demonstrate the ability to be flexible when working with students, teachers, and administrators.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the student's disability and display a positive attitude toward his/her capabilities and to the student as an individual.
• Maintain regular and predictable in-person attendance.
• Support the vision and mission of Oxford Community Schools. Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director of Special Education or Building Principal.

OESPA 2026-27 Base Hourly Rate: $17.20 To Begin: September 2026 or ASAP