Paraeducator - Title I Elementary
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Job overview
The Paraeducator assists with school services and supports students’ care and well-being under the general supervision of teachers or supervisors. The role may involve reinforcing instruction, preparing materials, providing classroom assistance, and using technology to support instruction. Specialized assignments may include home visits, health and hygiene care, language interpretation, adaptive equipment, or physical assistance to students or adults.
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Paraeducator - Title I Elementary
Job Location: Sleepy Hill Elem.
Job Location (Short): Lakeland, FL, USA, 33810
Status: Open
Posting End Date:
Salary Grade: Paraeducator PA01
Position Title
Para - TTI E
Custom Job Purpose
This position exists to perform specialized work in assisting with services for schools. Provides for the care and well-being of students. Duties are performed under the general supervision of supervisors/teachers. Performance is evaluated through observation of work, and/or periodic conferences, critiques, records and reports.
Essential Functions of this Job
Professional duties will involve attending meetings as necessary, serving on various committees, attending inservice provided, and becoming acquainted with philosophies, policies, procedures, equipment, and the work site where assigned. Clerical assistance will be performed when needed to assist the supervisor to which one is assigned. Supervision and/or reinforcement of instruction of students in various situations and programs will probably be required. Preparation of instructional materials will be assigned as needed. Classroom assistance will be required when given a classroom or an extension of the classroom assignment. Technology will be used to enhance instruction and aid in tasks assigned. Specialized duties may require home visitations, health and hygiene care to students, interpretation of speech and/or languages, operation of adaptive equipment, and physical assistance to impaired students or adults. The need for personal transportation from one site to another may be a requirement.
Essential Functions of this Job (cont.)
Non-Essential Functions of this Job
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited high school or completion of GED. Sixty (60) or more college credit hours or an Associate's degree or higher or a passing score on the Para Pro exam required.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Sincerely interested in educating and working with young people. Ability to understand written and oral instructions, to speak and write coherently, to keep records and make simple reports, and to work cooperatively and act professionally with other school personnel and parents. Special abilities may be required for specialized paraprofessional positions. Bilingual/biliterate preferred.
Work Context
Requires sitting and some standing, walking and moving about to coordinate work. Requires face-to-face discussions and contact with individuals and/or teams. Requires the use of alternative communication systems, such as electronic mail, telephones and computers. Requires coordination of work tasks to establish priorities, set goals and meet deadlines. Requires work with students, parents, internal and external contacts, and with the public.
Physical Environment
Requires working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions. Requires sitting for the majority of the day, and the ability to lift, carry, move and/or position objects frequently weighing up to 20 pounds, and infrequently weighing 40 pounds or more, with help as necessary.
Collective Bargaining Agreement
3 - Para Union - E1 - Aide
Salary Grade
N/A
Pay Grade
PA01
FLSA Status
Non-Exempt
Local Code
1023
EEO5
47
Approval Date
11/13/2012
Date Last Revised
3/10/2015
How this job compares
Set against the 460 open Teaching Assistant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$34–39K/yr34 salary ranges
- US median$18–20/hr215 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 460 open Teaching Assistant jobs across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Teaching Assistant postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (31 postings).
- Education
- 22 of the 460 open Teaching Assistant jobs (5%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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