Special Education Para - Kite

SPECIAL EDUCATION PARA

• KITE JobID: 5933

Position Type:

Paraeducator

Date Posted:

6/3/2024

Location:

Puyallup High School

Date Available:

UPON HIRE

Closing Date:

OPEN UNTIL FILLED

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Posting: AP5933

Location: Puyallup High School

Position: Special Education Para

• Kite

Hours: 6.25 Hours, Monday

• Friday (Includes Collaboration Hour and Start up or Bus Time)

Calendar: 190-Day

Rate: PESPA Level 3

Para Prep: 1 Hour per week

Budget Code:

Notes: This posting is for the 24/25 School Year. Flexibility to ride the bus. May work primarily with one student.

External applicants will be given consideration once the internal bidding process has been completed.

KITE = Kids in Therapeutic Education - provides services to students with behavioral challenges (mild to severe) within a self-contained and general education setting. Instruction focuses on behavior and academic areas.

Minimum employment requirements:

• Be at least eighteen years of age and hold a high school diploma or its equivalent

In addition, a paraeducator must meet one of the following:

• Have received a qualifying score on the Education Testing Service (ETS) paraeducator assessment

• Hold an associate degree or higher from an accredited college or university

• Have earned 72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits at the 100 level or higher at an accredited college or university

• Have completed an apprenticeship as a paraeducator, in a program registered with the Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council

PLEASE UPLOAD PROOF TO VERIFY MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY PROVIDING A COPY OF AN OFFICIAL COLLEGE TRANSCRIPT OR ETS SCORE. IF ADDING ETS SCORE, YOU MUST ALSO UPLOAD PROOF OF HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA/EQUIVALENT.

Condition of Employment

This position requires completion and attaining of the state mandated General Paraeducator Certificate. The Paraeducator Certificate Program offers statewide standards-based training for all paraeducator/Education Support Professionals (ESP), and supports a career growth ladder for those who wish to advance their career as a paraeducator or pursue a teaching profession.

See the PSD Education Support Prof Employees (PESPA)-WEA agreements, salary schedules, calendars, and benefits at: Agreements & Salary Schedules

• Puyallup School District (puyallupsd.org)

To expedite employment processing, please make certain that you provide a minimum of 3 professional references from current and former supervisors, and you include an email address. In addition, please contact the references and ask them to respond as soon as possible.

Questions, please review How do I become a Paraeducator? or contact the Human Resources Department at personnel@puyallupsd.org