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Kindergarten Para Educator (temporary for the 2026-2027 school year)

Pulaski County Special School District

Sherwood, ARTemporary / Full-time$15–22.32/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$15–22.32/hr
Location
Sherwood, AR
Schedule
Temporary / Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Kindergarten Para Educator supports the teacher in the kindergarten program at Sherwood Elementary. The role reinforces teacher-prescribed instructional activities, helps prepare classroom centers, lessons, snacks, and art projects, and assists with student check-in, attendance, lunch, recess, toileting, and clothing changes. The position is temporary for the 2026–2027 school year and is scheduled for 178 contract days at seven hours per day.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Classroom Instructional Support, nice to haveStudent Supervision, nice to haveClassroom Preparation, nice to have

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED, required60 College Credit Hours or Associate's Degree or Paraprofessional Assessment, required

Full job description

LOCATION: Sherwood Elementary

307 Verona Avenue

Sherwood AR, 72120

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • High school diploma/GED and at least one of the following:

  • Completed 60 college credit hours

  • Obtained an associate’s degree (or higher)

  • Passed a paraprofessional academic assessment test

REPORTS TO: Building Principal

JOB GOAL: To aid and support the teacher in the kindergarten program.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Reinforce instructional activities with students as prescribed by the teacher.

  • Help set up centers at the beginning of the day.

  • Help check in children - (Lunch money, check back packs, toileting, etc.)

  • Do lunch count and attendance daily.

  • Perform recess duties.

  • Prepare and clean up snacks daily. Inform teacher when supplies are low.

  • Prepare art projects and clean up afterwards. This includes mixing paint for easel and cleaning up brushes and containers.

  • Prepare instructional lessons as directed by the teacher.

  • Supervise children in lunch room.

  • Properly supervise the behavior of children while in your care.

  • Clean sink and straighten and dust shelves as needed.

  • Help children change clothes when accidents occur.

  • Participate in in-services, professional, and/or faculty meetings as directed by the building principal.

  • Report to and is responsible to the classroom teacher and building principal.

  • Other duties as assigned.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Salary Range: Range 3 - Support Staff Hourly Salary Schedule ($15.00/hr. – $22.32/hr. depending on relevant experience)

Length of Contract: 178 contract days, 7 hours/day

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

Personnel Status: Classified

Benefits Eligible: Yes

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Interested and qualified applicants should submit an online application at www.pcssd.org. Personnel currently employed by the District who meet the necessary qualifications may apply by submitting an online District application.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 4, 2026 (or until filled - emergency posting)

PCSSD does not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, race, color, national origin, or gender in any service, program, or activity (including in admission, access, treatment, employment, or vocational opportunities).

Position Type: Full-time

Positions Available: 1

Job Categories: Instructional Support, Paraprofessional / IA

How this job compares

Set against the 747 open Paraprofessional jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$15–22.32/hr
  • US median$18–22/hr384 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $18.66/hr, is 9% below the US median midpoint ($21/hr) — in the middle half of Paraprofessional hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 10 open Paraprofessional jobs in Arkansas and 747 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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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 (116 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a high school diploma; 398 of the 747 open Paraprofessional jobs (53%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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