2024-2025 Substitute Paraprofessional JobID: 1357

• Position Type:

  Substitute/ Substitute Teacher Assistant

• Date Posted:

  8/1/2024

• Location:

  Districtwide

• Closing Date:

  05/01/2025

  Ballard Community School district currently needs substitute para-educators in all of our buildings. Substitute para-educators work on an as needed basis.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support teachers in meeting the needs of students in the special education or general education classroom.

• Support academic instruction with individual and/or small groups of students.

• Supervise students during other components of the school day.

Compensation:Substitute Paraeducators receive $100/day

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED required

• Display a basic understanding of the needs of children.

• Ability to relate effectively to children with different academic and behavioral needs.

• Display patience and compassion and maintain a caring and helpful relationship with children.

• Display professional communications skills including active listening, written and oral.

• Ability to physically lift up to 50 lbs.

• Ability to bend, lift, sit on floor, run short distances, and assist physically active students.

• Demonstrate the emotional maturity and stability necessary for the specialized work involved.

• Demonstrate initiative and the insight to anticipate problem situations and respond accordingly.

• Ability to take directions, work with minimal supervision and follow policies and practices.