Paraeducator Moderate/severe - Rancho Cordova, United States - FCUSD

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Application Deadline:
Open Until Filled


Work Months:9.5


Hours:
Typically 5.75 or 6 hours per day, 5 days a week

Salary:
$20.50 to $24.96 per hour


_ FCUSD is a growing public school district focused on hiring and retaining excellent staff that represent the communities we serve. __Our staff are expected to inspire excellence in all students by supporting their social-emotional wellness and academic growth. We work as a team to create welcoming and inclusive environments at our school sites and district office, with a focus on customer service and system improvement. Staff who choose FCUSD will be supported as they learn their job and opportunities to grow as a professional will be provided. Working in FCUSD is more than a job, it is a career._


Job Announcement Paraeducator Moderate/Severe Job Description

Under the supervision of an administrator and general direction of a classroom teacher, assists students with severe disabilities to meet their physical and emotional requirements throughout the instructional day; assists the teacher with record keeping and performs a variety of instructional support duties in developing life skills and/or physical care activities.

The work need not be performed in the presence of the teacher, but the teacher retains responsibility for instruction and
supervision.


DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

Paraeducators work in special education settings where students have behavior emotional, physical, language/communication, or learning disabilities.

May spend a substantial portion of their time providing intervention to students who exhibit disruptive, aggressive, depressive, and/or self-injurious behaviors.


Minimum Qualifications:


Education:

High School Diploma or equivalent; Courses and/or in-service in psychology, behavior modification, and other related fields desirable but not required.

Willingness to complete such training courses, in-service, or otherwise, as may be required upon employment.

A.A.

degree, 48 units beyond the high school diploma, or successful completion of the District Instructional Assistant Proficiency Test in reading, math, and per the Federal No Child Left Behind Act.


Experience:
Prefer experience in the care of children with learning disabilities and/or emotional disturbances. Training in crisis intervention is highly desirable.


Upon Conditional Offer of Employment:


  • DOJ and FBI Criminal Background Check
  • TB Test within the last 60 days (Education Code 49406, Assembly Bill 1667)
  • Complete district Mandated Reporter training, Sexual Harassment, etc.
  • Must obtain and maintain a First Aid/CPR Certificate (In-Person Training ONLY)
  • Pre-Employment Physical Evaluation conducted through the District (Minimum 50 pounds)

Significant Physical Abilities:


With or without the use of aids, the ability to lift up to 50 pounds, sufficient strength to lift non-ambulatory students, lift and move adaptive equipment, and physically restrain and control a student up to 200 pounds with assistance, sufficient body movement and mobility to demonstrate gross motor activities, climb in and out of cars, vans, and buses, to walk and run with students, climb well enough to go up and down stairs, to maneuver students into and out of vehicles, wheelchairs, and toilets, sufficient vision to read printed material, with or without aids, sufficient hearing to hear normal and telephone conversations with or without aids, ability to speak in an understandable voice with sufficient volume to be heard in normal conversation, manual dexterity to write and use telephone and other business/office machines.

The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands:

occasional lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling, climbing and balancing; stooping, kneeling, crouching; reaching, understanding, and following oral and written directions.


Comments and Other Information:


  • The Folsom Cordova Unified School District is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment), or bullying based on a person's actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, race or ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or gender expression, immigration status, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For concerns/questions or complaints, contact the Title IX Coordinator(s), Equity Compliance Officer(s), and Section 504 Coordinator(s):_
  • Donald Ogden, Associate Superintendent
  • Human Resources, Title IX Coordinator (employees), and Equity Compliance Officer_
, ext _

  • Jim Huber, Ed.
D., Assistant Superintendent - Educational Services, Title IX Coordinator (students), 504 Coordinator, and Equity Compliance Officer_
extension 104625_

  • 1965 Birkmont Drive_
  • Rancho Cordova, CA 95742_
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