What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paraeducator Moderate/Severe - Hiring Pool - Secondary Schools position at Folsom Cordova Unified School District?
Application Deadline: Until Filled
Work Months: 9.5
Hours: Typically 5.75 or 6 hours per day, 5 days a week
Salary: $21.33 to $25.97 per hour
About FCUSD
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, (If foreign degree, it must be evaluated by a Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) approved agency; 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:
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 prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For questions or complaints, contact:
Jim Huber, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services
Compliance Officer, Section 504 Coordinator, ADA Coordinator (students)
jhuber@fcusd.org
916-294-9000 x 104580
Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance
Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator
sdiaz@fcusd.org
916-294-9000 x 104415
1965 Birkmont Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
The Folsom Cordova Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination 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 Folsom Cordova Unified School District’s Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. The District Title IX Coordinator is:
Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance
Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator
sdiaz@fcusd.org
916-294-9000 x 104415
1965 Birkmont Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
The District nondiscrimination policy can be located at: https://www.fcusd.org/district/about-us/nondiscrimination-statementpolicy
The District’s non-discrimination complaint procedures can be located at:
Students: https://www.fcusd.org/departments/compliance/complaints/uniform-complaints
Staff: https://www.fcusd.org/departments/compliance/complaints/nondiscrimination-in-employment
To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or sex-based harassment, or make a complaint of sex discrimination or sex-based harassment under Title IX, please refer to:
Students: https://www.fcusd.org/district/about-us/title-ix-notificationsexual-harassment Staff:https://www.fcusd.org/departments/compliance/complaints/sexual-harrassment-title-ix
This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Este empleador participa en E-Verify y proporcionará al gobierno federal la información de su Formulario I-9 para confirmar que usted está autorizado para trabajar en los EE.UU
Work Months: 9.5
Hours: Typically 5.75 or 6 hours per day, 5 days a week
Salary: $21.33 to $25.97 per hour
About FCUSD
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, (If foreign degree, it must be evaluated by a Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) approved agency; 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)
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 prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For questions or complaints, contact:
Jim Huber, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services
Compliance Officer, Section 504 Coordinator, ADA Coordinator (students)
jhuber@fcusd.org
916-294-9000 x 104580
Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance
Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator
sdiaz@fcusd.org
916-294-9000 x 104415
1965 Birkmont Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
The Folsom Cordova Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination 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 Folsom Cordova Unified School District’s Title IX Coordinator, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. The District Title IX Coordinator is:
Shannon Diaz, Director of Compliance
Compliance Officer and Title IX Coordinator
sdiaz@fcusd.org
916-294-9000 x 104415
1965 Birkmont Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
The District nondiscrimination policy can be located at: https://www.fcusd.org/district/about-us/nondiscrimination-statementpolicy
The District’s non-discrimination complaint procedures can be located at:
Students: https://www.fcusd.org/departments/compliance/complaints/uniform-complaints
Staff: https://www.fcusd.org/departments/compliance/complaints/nondiscrimination-in-employment
To report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination or sex-based harassment, or make a complaint of sex discrimination or sex-based harassment under Title IX, please refer to:
Students: https://www.fcusd.org/district/about-us/title-ix-notificationsexual-harassment Staff:https://www.fcusd.org/departments/compliance/complaints/sexual-harrassment-title-ix
This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.
Este empleador participa en E-Verify y proporcionará al gobierno federal la información de su Formulario I-9 para confirmar que usted está autorizado para trabajar en los EE.UU
Salary : $21 - $26