What are the responsibilities and job description for the Special Education Para at GPE position at Maize Unified School?
Garden Plain Elementary School is seeking a paraeducator for the 2024-2025 school year. Do you want to make a difference in the life of a student? Our school is seeking caring, consistent, adults to join our paraeducator team. Paraeducators work closely with teachers to provide extra support to students.
The Inter Related / Instructional Support (IRIS) para works primarily with students that have learning disabilities but the students supported could have any type of disability. The focus is on supporting students in their instructional environment. The environment could be in the general and / or special education classrooms as well as with one or more students. Typically responsibilities could include note taking, assisting with content review, reading material out loud, helping the student stay on task or even escorting them to an alternate location for a quieter place to work.
Full-time and part-time positions available. Work a couple of days a week or work all of them.
Perks of Working for Maize Special Education Cooperative
- School schedule - paras work when students are in session along with a couple of additional days
- Holidays off - enjoy a week at Thanksgiving, two weeks around Christmas, and Spring Break
- Paid Leave -12 sick days and 4 personal days a year
- Benefits - working more than 25 hours per week makes you eligible for subsidized health benefits along with a variety of other benefits
- Retirement - employees working more than 630 hours a year participate in the KPERS retirement plan
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