<p>Position Type:</p> <p>Paraprofessional/Special Education Paraprofessional</p> <p>Date Posted:</p> <p>8/25/2025</p> <p>Location:</p> <p>GOALS</p> <p>Closing Date:</p> <p>Until Filled</p> <p>District:</p> <p>&nbsp Plymouth-Canton Community Schools&nbsp&nbspAdditional Information: Show/Hide</p> <p>PLACEMENT: Special Education</p> <p>PRIMARY ASSIGNMENT: Post Secondary Paraprofessional for CI Program</p> <p>LOCATION: GOALS - Secondary Program, students aged 18-26</p> <p>HOURS: 35 hours weekly</p> <p>Monday - Friday</p> <p>8:00am - 3:30pm</p> <p>JOB GOAL:</p> <p>Provide support within a center-based classroom for students with disabilities, including implementation of instructional program, assistive technology, physical needs, behavior management, toileting, prevocational/vocational, work based, and supervision duties.</p> <p>MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:</p> <ul> <li>High school graduate or equivalent. </li><li>Demonstrate ability to work with parents, students and support personnel. </li><li>Good communication skills. </li><li>Good attendance record. </li><li>Good organization skills. </li><li>Ability to be self-directed. </li><li>Ability to engage in problem identification and solving. </li><li>Ability to maintain good rapport with staff/parents/students. </li><li>Previous experience as a one-on-one paraprofessional preferred. </li><li>Experience working with children with health impairments preferred. </li></ul> <p>DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:</p> <ul> <li>Works in collaboration with special education staff to support the classroom students or individual students with disabilities. </li><li>Functions under the guidance of special education teacher, and supports students' accommodations and modifications per their IEPs. </li><li>Supports students with specific plans developed by the special education professional team. </li><li>Assists the special education classroom teacher and support personnel in the implementation of health care, behavior, and instructional programming. </li><li>Manages both behavioral and instructional logs. Maintains and implements data collection systems. </li><li>Supports established goals and objectives for students. </li><li>When applicable, operates equipment used in the special education program for the production of printed or other audio-visual instructional materials. </li><li>Supervise students in the lunchroom, halls, during community-based instructions, and at work-based learning sites. </li><li>Provides support in the areas of behavior, medical, daily living, and functional work-based skills (i.e. toileting). </li><li>Collaborate with and communicate effectively with work-based learning site staff. </li><li>Bending, lifting, and overhead work required. </li><li>Provides clinic/first aid/medication support to students. </li><li>May be assigned other tasks and duties within the special education classifications at the discretion of the building principal based on daily needs. </li><li>Assists and performs other tasks and duties as assigned. </li></ul> <p>This description is intended to describe the essential job functions, the general supplemental functions and the essential requirements for the performance of this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and requirements of a person so classified. Other functions may be assigned and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time.</p> <p>REPORTS TO: Building Administrator</p> <p>RATE OF PAY: $18.93 per hour</p> <p>BEGINNING DATE: As soon as possible</p> <p>EVALUATION:</p> <p>Performance of this position will be evaluated in accordance with the bargaining agreement guidelines.</p> <p>METHOD OF APPLICATION:</p> <p>INTERNAL APPLICANTS - Apply online using the Internal Applicants section. You will be required to upload the following documents to your application:</p> <ul> <li>Letter of interest </li><li>Updated resume </li><li>Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement (attach in resume section). This statement should include your understanding and Knowledge of diversity, equity and inclusion including your past experiences and how you will ensure this is at the center of your work in the role for which you are applying. </li></ul> <p>EXTERNAL APPLICANTS - Apply online using the External Applicants section. You will be required to upload the following documents to your application:</p> <ul> <li>Cover Letter - Address letter to Abdul Madyun, Chief Human Resource Officer </li><li>Resume </li><li>Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement (attach in resume section). This statement should include your understanding and Knowledge of diversity, equity and inclusion including your past experiences and how you will ensure this is at the center of your work in the role for which you are applying. </li></ul> <p>PHYSICAL DEMANDS:</p> <p>The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear and sometimes walk and sit. Occasionally the employee will bend or twist at the neck more than the average person. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 50 lbs such as boxes of books. The employee is directly responsible for safety, well-being, or work output of other people. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus.</p> <p>WORK ENVIRONMENT:</p> <p>Plymouth-Canton Community School district is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Plymouth-Canton Community School district is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age or any other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.</p> <p>TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:</p> <p>Upon recommendation for employment, Section 1230g, as amended, of the Revised School Code requires all school employees to be electronically finger printed for the purpose of undergoing a criminal history background check. The fingerprinting is conducted by a third party and is at the expense of the applicant. Cost for fingerprinting is approximately $70.00.</p> <p>DEADLINE: Open until filled</p>