Substitute Paraprofessional
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An ESS substitute paraprofessional assists classroom teachers in supporting students with special needs and promoting academic and personal growth. The role may involve reinforcing classroom curriculum, helping individual students, and supporting students’ physical, personal, academic, and emotional needs. Paraprofessionals may also be known as school aides, teacher assistants, instructional aides, one-to-one aides, or personal care assistants.
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Full job description
An ESS substitute paraprofessional assists the classroom teacher to provide extra support to students with special needs, promoting maximum academic and personal growth. The substitute paraprofessional job responsibilities range from supplementing regular classroom curriculum to helping individual students. Substitute paraprofessionals are also known as school aides, teacher assistants, instructional aides, one-to-one aides, and personal care assistants. - Provide instructional reinforcement for individual students or small groups of students - Assist teacher with classroom management and general supervision of the class - Help with administrative duties such as setting up equipment and preparing materials - Supervise students in the cafeteria, schoolyard, specials, hallways, on field trips, and/or during before and after school programs - Attend to students' physical, personal, academic, and emotional needs - Support students with special needs by following provisions specified in their IEPs/504 Plans - Perform other duties as directed by the classroom teacher and school administration {=html} - Minimum of a high school diploma or GED - Criminal History Clearance - Extended background clearance through the Family Care Safety Registry
How this job compares
Set against the 789 open Paraprofessional jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$18–21/hr400 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 22 open Paraprofessional jobs in Missouri and 789 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Missouri
- Kelly Services17 open
- ESS (this employer)2 open
- Experience
- Paraprofessional postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (119 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 437 of the 789 open Paraprofessional jobs (55%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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