Early Childhood Paraprofessional

City of St; United States; On-site; USD 29,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits

Job summary

City of St at the Early Childhood Center is seeking a substitute aide to support teachers and therapists with instructional activities and student supervision.

The role involves reinforcing skills, documenting progress, assisting with meals and routines, and maintaining a safe classroom environment. Missouri's 20-hour online substitute training completed is preferred; prior experience with special needs children is a plus.

Qualifications

• Completed Missouri's 20-hour online substitute training program.
• Prefer prior experience working with special needs children.

Responsibilities

• Collaboratively assists the teacher and/or therapist in devising strategies for reinforcing content, skills and processes based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Assesses and documents student progress according to developmentally appropriate assessment techniques as directed by the teacher and/or therapist.
• Collaboratively assists with large group/whole class activities.
• Collaboratively assists with maintaining work and activity areas, equipment, materials and facilities.
• Supports student(s) with physical tasks (e.g., helping with outerwear, moving between rooms).
• Conducts learning games with students according to established procedures.
• Assists teacher with student needs and other learning activities.
• Complies with State Law and District policies and regulations.
• Maintains a safe environment for students, conducive to learning.
• Addresses unforeseen crises with large groups of children.
• Provides individualized and small-group instruction to reinforce skills taught by the teacher.
• Implements lessons based on district and school objectives and the needs of students assigned.
• Assists with lunch, snack, clean-up, wash-up, and toilet routines.
• Attends district workshops as directed.
• Completed Missouri's 20-hour online substitute training program
• Prefer prior experience working with special needs children.

Education

Missouri's 20-hour online substitute training program

Job description

• Date Posted: 10/5/2026
• Location: Early Childhood Center
• Date Available: TBD
• Closing Date: TBD

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to

• Collaboratively assists the teacher and/or therapist in devising strategies for reinforcing content, skills and processes based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Assesses and documents student progress according to developmentally appropriate assessment techniques as directed by the teacher and/or therapist.
• Collaboratively assists with large group/whole class activities.
• Collaboratively assists with maintaining work and activity areas, equipment, materials and facilities.
• Assists the student(s) assigned to him/her with physical tasks (i.e. putting on/taking off outerwear, moving from room to room, etc.)
• Conducts learning games with students according to established procedures.
• Assists teacher with student needs and other learning activities.
• Complies with State Law and District policies and regulations.
• Maintains a safe environment for students, conducive to learning.
• Anticipates and effectively addresses unforeseen crises associated with working with large groups of children.
• Provides individualized and small-group instruction to reinforce skills that have been taught by the teacher.
• Ability to implement lessons based on district and school objectives and the needs and abilities of students to whom assigned.
• Assists with lunch, snack, clean-up, wash-up, and toilet routines.
• Attends district workshops as directed.
• Completed Missouri's 20-hour online substitute training program
• Prefer prior experience working with special needs children.

Terms of employment

7 HOURS PER DAY WITH BENEFITS

Salary: Minimum $16.23 per hour