Hiawatha Community Unit School District 426

Hiawatha CUSD #426 is looking for a full time paraprofessionals for the 2025-2026 school year.

Qualifications: 

• Valid Paraprofessional Educator License or Professional Educator License
• Demonstrated desire to help all children.

Job Goal:

• Under guidance from the teacher, and in compliance with a student’s IEP, help to enable each student, through safe and efficient transportation, to take full advantage of the complete range of curricular and extracurricular activities offered by the district's schools.

Duties:

• Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tools as the teacher recommends for individual students.
• Works with individual students or small/large groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing concepts, or skills based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interest and abilities.
• Constructs classroom materials and/or resources related to academic areas.
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Assists with the supervision of students in all school directed activities as assigned by Administrator.
• Displays positive communication skills to enhance good classroom relationships with students and teachers.
• Develops communication skills with students.
• Assists students in the library or media center, when applicable.
• Supervises testing and make-up work as assigned by the teacher.
• Alerts teacher to special information about an individual student, pertaining to the school program.
• Serves as a source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the teacher.
• Assists in implementing Behavior Intervention Plans under the supervision of the teacher.
• Demonstrates regular and punctual attendance.
• Maintains a positive attitude and professional demeanor when dealing with school personnel and the public as a school leader.

Terms of Employment:

• Nine month school year. Twelve months of individual health and dental insurance provided. Starting hourly rate $15.03. Salary and work year to be established by Board based upon recommendations by the Superintendent.

How to Apply:  Please complete the online application, including a letter of interest, resume, copy of transcripts, copy of certificates along with 3 letters of reference.  Questions may be directed to Holly Way, District Administrative Assistant, Hiawatha CUSD #426 at:  holly.way@d426.org.