<p>Job Description:</p> <p>NEWTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOLS</p> <p>POSITION: Para Educator - 20 hours - Library Media Center</p> <p>LOCATION: Middle Gate Elementary School</p> <p>START DATE: August 2025</p> <p>RESPONSIBILITIES: Work as a Para Educator in the Library Media Center. Various other duties will be assigned by the building principal.</p> <p>REMUNERATION: In accordance with the Newtown Paraeducator collective Bargaining Agreement</p> <p>QUALIFICATIONS: Interest in working in an elementary school.</p> <p>Reliable, self-directed, sensitive, flexible, good organizational skills, ability to assume initiative and follow directions; experience in working with children essential; ability to maintain confidentiality.</p> <p>Assist students and staff in the library.</p> <p>Develop and track purchase orders and the finance program.</p> <p>Assist with curriculum tasks: book check-in/out, overdue notices and processing holds.</p> <p>Shelve materials, process all books and maintain ongoing records, book repairs, book covering, and book stamping.</p> <p>Comfortable with technology or willing to learn.</p> <p>Perform other related duties assigned by the librarian.</p> <p>Two years of college or pass a paraprofessional</p> <p>assessment before hiring.</p> <p>If interested, please apply online at: http://www.applitrack.com/newtown/onlineapp/</p> <p>The Newtown Public School District values the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to our students and community. We are committed to recruiting, supporting, mentoring, coaching, and retaining a highly motivated, diverse, dedicated, and enthusiastic staff. We welcome your interest in joining us and look forward to meeting you!</p> <p>The Newtown Public School District is committed to a policy of equal opportunity/affirmative action for all</p> <p>qualified persons. The Newtown Public School District does not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, alienage, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, status as a domestic violence victim, or any other basis prohibited by Connecticut state and/or federal nondiscrimination laws, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.</p>