#4 Paraprofessional
Lima, OHJobSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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The #4 Classroom and/or Bus Paraprofessional provides classroom support and student personal care under a classroom teacher’s supervision, and monitors and assists students during bus trips. The posting lists an Ohio Department of Education aide certificate, mandated qualifications and health requirements, and physical abilities including assisting students with disabilities and lifting at least fifty pounds. It also requires current employment under contract with the Lima City School District.
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Title: #4 CLASSROOM AND/OR BUS PARAPROFESSIONAL Reports to: Director of Special Education, Supervisor of Transportation and Principal Job Objective: Performs a variety of classroom support and student personal care services as directed under the supervision of a classroom teacher. Monitors and assists students during bus trips. Minimum Qualifications: - Ohio Department of Education aide certificate. Meets mandated state and federal qualification (i.e., completion of requisite higher education credit hours/courses, approved degree, or successful passage of a sanctioned professional standards test). - Meets all mandated health requirements (e.g., a negative tuberculosis test, etc.). - A record free of criminal violations that would prohibit public school employment. - Complies with drug-free workplace rules and board policies. - Keeps current with advances in technology and workplace innovations that enhance productivity. - Consistently dependable. Flexible outlook. Accepts new responsibilities/assignments willingly. - Ability to physically assist students with disabilities (e.g., mobility, transferring, positioning, etc.). - Ability to interact comfortably and confidently with the public. - Ability to lift a minimum of fifty pounds. - Successful completion of communicable disease, child abuse/neglect, behavioral management, CPR, and/or first aid may be required as a condition of employment. - Current employee under contract with the Lima City School District. - Physical ability to safely lift and manage preschoolers and students with disabilities. - Ability to cope with stressful traffic, weather conditions, and passenger distractions. Essential Functions: The following are typical work responsibilities. A reasonable accommodation may be made to enable a
How this job compares
Set against the 787 open Paraprofessional jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$29–45K/yr20 salary ranges
- US median$18–22/hr395 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 31 open Paraprofessional jobs in Ohio and 787 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
- dss+13 open
- Amergis3 open
- Lima City Schools (this employer)3 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 (117 postings).
- Education
- 11 of the 787 open Paraprofessional jobs (1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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