<p>Upper Valley Career Center</p> <p>Position Announcement</p> <p>Open Position: Paraprofessional - Explore Academic Classroom</p> <p>Location: Upper Valley Career Center Main High School Campus</p> <p>Employment Begins: Aug 11, 2025</p> <p>Application Deadline: May 30, 2025</p> <p>General Job Description:</p> <p>This position is an academic classroom paraprofessional in Explore, working daily with special needs students in a transitional academic classroom.</p> <p>Responsibilities:</p> <p>Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Performs student support services that may include assistance with daily living activities, behavior management, trial training, instructional support, social skills training, task redirection, etc.</p> </li><li> <p>Works with small groups and/or individual students. Acquires basic proficiency in skills that support student needs..</p> </li><li> <p>Helps students with remedial and/or enrichment activities. Reinforces instructional objectives introduced by the Explore team. (Teachers, paraprofessionals and Coordinator). Helps incorporate IEP activities into classroom and career technical activities.</p> </li><li> <p>Prepares and assists with preparation of any materials necessary for the academic setting and employability/independent living skill practice. Prepares classroom and equipment for student use (hands on learning opportunities and employability training).</p> </li><li> <p>Performs clerical work related to classroom activities. Helps keep program areas orderly.</p> </li><li> <p>Responds to student requests for assistance. Avoids being intrusive. Solves concerns discreetly.</p> </li><li> <p>Supports an inclusive educational environment. Helps students with disabilities participate in appropriate learning activities as directed in both classroom and lab environments.</p> </li><li> <p>Assists with student mobility needs. Helps students use assistive and/or augmentative devices.</p> </li><li> <p>Actively participates in programmed field/study trips as directed.</p> </li><li> <p>Supervises non-classroom activities as directed (e.g., arrival/departure, lunch, field trips, media/library, computer lab, etc.). Monitors ill students until a nurse arrives.</p> </li><li> <p>Works with the Explore team (teacher/paras/coordinator) to address persistent behavior concerns.</p> </li><li> <p>Reports discipline problems, vandalism, graffiti, equipment malfunctions and other concerns.</p> </li><li> <p>Transports students when necessary (van).</p> </li></ul> <p>Qualifications:</p> <ul> <li> <p>A valid state department of education license/certificate as determined at the time of employment.</p> </li><li> <p>Meet Licensure Code of Professional Conduct for Ohio Educators qualifications.</p> </li><li> <p>Must display flexibility, reliability, self-discipline, and a willingness to take on challenging tasks.</p> </li><li> <p>Exhibits effective organizational, time-management and resourceful problem-solving skills.</p> </li><li> <p>Must show evidence of core computer competencies deemed appropriate at the time of hire.</p> </li><li> <p>Meets all mandated health screening requirements.</p> </li><li> <p>Able to obtain school van driver certification.</p> </li><li> <p>Willing to attend CPI training.</p> </li><li> <p>Maintains a record free of criminal violations that would prohibit public school employment. Able to successfully pass a BCI/FBI background check.</p> </li><li> <p>Maintains compliance with drug-free workplace rules, Board policies, and other applicable procedures/guidelines.</p> </li></ul> <p>Salary:</p> <p>Appropriate placement on the Paraprofessional Salary Schedule to be determined by education and experience. Salary will range from $29,489.00 ( Class I.13, Step 0) to $34,866.00 (Class I.13, Step 5). Base contract is 194 Days. Minimum workday is 7 hours per day exclusive of a lunch break . One-year contract with opportunity for renewal.</p> <p>Other Benefits:</p> <p>School Employees Retirement System, Worker's Compensation, paid sick/personal leave, partial tuition reimbursement, and tax-sheltered retirement contributions. Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance offered. Some benefits are a shared cost between the employee and the Board of Education.</p> <p>Performance Evaluation:</p> <p>Job performance is evaluated according to policy provisions and contractual agreements adopted by the Upper Valley Career Center.</p> <p>This job posting description identifies general responsibilities and is not intended to be a complete list of all duties performed. The information contained in this document is subject to change in response to student demographics, staffing factors, funding variables, modified operating procedures, program/curriculum changes, and unforeseen events.</p> <p>The Upper Valley Career Center Board of Education and its staff are dedicated to provide equal employment opportunities to all people without regard to race, color, age, military status, ancestry, national origin, sex, religion, or disability. The Upper Valley Career Center is in compliance with the following Federal Laws: Title VI, VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964), Equal Pay Act of 1963, Title IX, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the 1986 Immigration Reform & Control Act. The Upper Valley Career Center is in compliance with the Title IX regulations. The Title IX Building Coordinator/Grievance Officer Alycia Johnson is located at the Upper Valley Career Center, 8901 Looney Road, Piqua, OH, 45356, (937) 778-1980 ext. 255. The Section 504 Coordinator/Grievance Officer Matthew Meyer is located at the Upper Valley Career Center, 8811 Career Drive, Piqua, OH, 45356 (937) 778-1980, ext. 212.</p>