Special Education Paraprofessional

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Start Date
08/28/2025
Valid Through
12/31/9999
Position Areas
Instructional Support

Description

Description:
Meadowview Elementary School 

32  hrs/week 
$22.00 per hour 
2025-26 school year

Summary: 
Provide assistance to teachers in meeting the physical and instructional needs of students with disabilities.   

Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce motor, academic, social, self-care or communication skills under the direction of the teacher.
Assisting the teacher(s) in devising strategies for reinforcing skills based on understanding of students needs, interests and abilities.
Assume responsibility for learning and adapting to each student’s special medical, physical, communicative, and emotional need.
 Assist students with physical disabilities according to their needs, including transferring to and from wheelchairs, lifting, and positioning. 

INTERESTED PARAPROFESSIONALS SHOULD APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 

Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Experience working with children, work experience in educational setting preferred.
  • Minimum high school diploma or equivalent and AA degree or 60 semester college credits or pass the para pro test.
  • Six months experience working with children or six months of post secondary education in the areas of early childhood, speech pathology, education special education or other similar field of study may be substituted for experience, 

Full listing of benefits can be found in the Collective Bargaining agreement located at 

Benefits include:

Health, dental, long-term disability, life insurance,sick and personal leave, 403(b) available, 5 paid holidays


 

See attached Job Description for detailed knowledge, skills and abilities required.

 

Posted By

Farmington Public Schools, MN

20655 Flagstaff Avenue , Farmington, MN 55024
 

At the following locations

Meadowview Elementary

20655 Flagstaff Avenue , Farmington, MN 55024