What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025- 2026 Paraprofessional position at Legacy Charter School?
Paraprofessional for the 2025 - 2026 School Year
ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
Legacy Charter School is a high-performing public charter school holistically educating 468 scholars in Kindergarten through 8th grade in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. Our mission is to create an outstanding center for teaching and learning for children and their families that will recognize and nurture the full potential of every child, provide a foundation for a college education, and educate our scholars to be creative and critical thinkers and responsible citizens in school, at home, and in the broader community.
POSITION SUMMARY
Classroom teachers provide our scholars with rigorous academic experiences that prepare them for success with standards-based, grade level and above content through consistent, joyful, rigorous social-emotional and cognitive learning experiences. Teachers create well-planned lessons that are culturally relevant, data-informed, and rooted in engaging pedagogy. Our educators believe in our mission, work with their teams and colleagues, build relationships with scholars and their families, and focus deeply on work that leads to academic growth and success, as well as creating a learning environment where all scholars will thrive.
KEY LEGACY EDUCATOR BELIEFS AND QUALITIES
A successful Legacy educator demonstrates the following beliefs and has the following qualities:
Proves the Possible
- Possesses an unshakable, deeply-held personal belief that all scholars deserve outstanding educational opportunities.
- Leads through Cultural Responsiveness by committing fiercely to improving outcomes for all scholars, academically and social-emotionally.
- Makes classroom decisions based on what is best for scholars and is in alignment with the culture and climate of Legacy’s core values.
- Possesses a collaborative and solutions-orientated posture to develop positive relationships with all staff members, scholars and the broader community.
Drives Results
- Works relentlessly to achieve exceptional scholar outcomes, and does so by demonstrating clear intellect, setting and achieving goals, and working with grit and tenacity.
- Embraces a growth mindset that focuses on identifying professional development goals aligned with our strategic plan.
Builds Relationships
- Operates with an exceptional level of self-awareness, humility, and integrity in all interactions.
- Builds relationships anchored in trust, respect, and professionalism with a variety of stakeholders including peers, leaders, scholars, families, and community members.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
The ideal candidate:
- Facilitate the learning needs of special education scholars in the classroom by working to implement their inclusion in classroom activities to the maximum extent possible.
- To assist scholars’ academic and behavior needs.
- Ability to work and communicate with scholars in an appropriate professional manner required.
- Ability to work collaboratively with others.
- Assist the classroom teacher and scholars in daily activities.
- Demonstrate knowledge of scholars' needs, including but not limited to: educational, medical, physical, sensory, speech/language, social/emotional, recreational, vocational, etc., as established by the teacher.
- Under the direction of the teacher(s), maintain scholars’ behavior by utilizing behavior management strategies.
- Ability to adhere to schedule while remaining flexible when scholars’ needs require schedule changes, as directed by the special education teacher and/or administration.
- Work to meet the IEP requirements for the scholar(s) by proactively communicating suggestions and ideas to better support the scholar(s).
- Remain coachable and open to feedback on most efficient ways to support the scholar(s).
- Maintain required documentation as directed by the special education teacher and scholars’ IEP(s).
- Contribute to the professional community of the school by participating in Professional Development, including weekly Professional Development sessions and all other meetings as expected.
- Attend school wide meetings and participate as a staff member on committees as expected.
- Engage in all professional development and reading activities in order to deepen knowledge on how to support scholars.
- Operate all equipment related to support of teacher and/or student needs: copy machine, computers, assistive technology, related OT and PT devices, other items as required.
- Other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
Illinois Professional Educator License or Illinois Substitute Teacher License or ELS with Paraprofessional Endorsement. To attain the ELS License for Paraprofessionals, you must have one of the following:
- Associate's Degree
- completed a paraprofessional training program approved by ISBE (e.g. active paraprofessional’s license), or
- passed the ETS Paraprofessional Assessment with 460 as a minimum score, or
- passed the applicable ACT WorkKeys assessments. Ability to understand and carry out oral and written directions.
JOB SPECIFICS
This position is a full-time position with benefits. Salary is commensurate with experience.
APPLICATION PROCESS
Please apply online, where you will be directed to upload your resume. We will then place you into our hiring process, which includes interviewing with Legacy community members and participating in experiences that demonstrate your skills.
COMPENSATION
Salary for this position is competitive and depends on prior experience.
A competitive benefits package will also be offered.
Salary Range: $36,500 - 50,000
STATEMENT OF NON-DISCRIMINATION
Legacy Charter School is committed to a policy of equal treatment for all individuals applying for employment. Legacy Charter School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic background.
Salary : $36,500 - $50,000
