Springfield Public Schools

SPED Para Educator

Springfield

FULL TIME

December 3, 2024


***Open until filled***

Paraprofessionals in the Springfield Public Schools have a substantial benefit package including competitive wages, paid sick leave, paid holidays, earning incentive days, and Professional Development opportunities including a robust Para to Teacher Pipeline program.

Role:
The Special Education Paraprofessional holds primary responsibility for overseeing the implementation of effective, rigorous academic and behavior intervention systems with a small case load of students. The Special Education Paraprofessional will work closely with a small case load of students who need additional supports to be successful in the classroom. This individual will support those students, their families, and their teachers in an effort to fundamentally change the successes they are realizing.


Specific Responsibilities:
  • Work alongside an experienced special educator to support a small case load of students, driving the academic achievement of students with moderate to severe need;
  • Implement an effective, rigorous academic and behavior intervention system with a small case load of students;
  • Provide consistent and high academic and behavioral expectations;
  • Support student mastery of state, city, and school academic and behavioral standards;
  • Lead daily individual and small group tutoring sessions; and
  • Communicate effectively with students, families, and colleagues.


Qualifications:
  • A passionate belief in SPS's mission, values, and educational model;
  • An extraordinarily high bar for student behavior and expectations;
  • An eagerness to set ambitious, challenging, and tangible goals, and a relentless drive to achieve them;
  • An ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment and a capacity to remain calm and focused when faced with unexpected challenges;
  • Proven track-record of high achievement;
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including strong public speaking skills;
  • A sense of humility in the face of success;
  • Drive to improve the minds and lives of students in and out of the classroom;
  • A high-school diploma or GED; and
  • Sixty (60) Credit Hours of College Coursework or an Associate’s Degree, or a passing score on one of the two following Formalized Standardized Assessments: Para Pro Assessment (http://www.ets.org/parapro/ ) or Work Keys Certificate of Proficiency for Teacher Assistants (http://www.act.org/workkeys/profcert/index.html ); and
  • Current authorization to work in the United States – A candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment.


**A passing score on the Work Keys Exams in the following areas:
  • Reading: 5
  • Math: 4
  • Writing: 3


The Springfield Public Schools is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, age, handicap, or military service, as defined and required by state and federal laws. Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.

Reach out to Carmen Molina-Figueroa, the Human Resources Analyst, at 413-787-7100 ext. 55394, the email address is molina-figueroac@springfieldpublicschools.com. She will be happy to answer any questions that you have.

NONDISCRIMINATION EMPLOYMENT STATEMENT

The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, sex characteristics, sex stereotypes and other sex-based conduct, genetic information, ancestry, age, disability or military service or marital status. The Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate in admission to, access or treatment in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, sex characteristics, sex stereotypes and other sex-based conduct, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation, disability or homelessness.

NOTICE OF SEX NONDISCRIMINATION

Springfield Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination, including sex-based harassment, in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and its regulations, including in admission and employment.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the Springfield Public Schools’ Title IX Coordinator, titleix@springfieldpublicschools.com, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights at https://ocrcas.ed.gov/contact-ocr, or both.

The Springfield Public Schools Title IX Coordinator is Katie O’Sullivan, Senior Administrator of Human Resources, 1550 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01103, 413-787-7100 ext. 55428, titleix@springfieldpublicschools.com.

Springfield Public School’s sex nondiscrimination policy and grievance procedures can be located on the Springfield Public Schools website, www.springfieldpublicschools.com/non-discrimination

To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or make a complaint of sex discrimination under Title IX, please refer to titleix@springfieldpublicschools.com


Primary Location
DEBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Salary Range
$21.39 - $25.78 / Based on collective bargaining unit salary schedule

Shift Type
FT - School Year

Job Contact Information
Name
Sharonda Hector

Title
Principal

Phone
413-787-7582

Email
hectors@springfieldpublicschools.com
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