ED PARA,PRE-K,NC,NON-TITLE I

Orange County Public Schools; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Orange County Public Schools is seeking a paraprofessional to provide staff support in pre-kindergarten environments under direct supervision. You will assist teachers with instructional activities, supervise small groups, and help with materials and classroom setup to support age-appropriate learning.

The role involves guiding children, monitoring behavior, helping with motor activities, and maintaining records of learning activities.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED; ability to fulfill physical requirements and attend to preschool children.
• Previous vocational training or work experience with preschool-age children in licensed settings preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered.
• Additional HRS training is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitors activities and behavior of pre-kindergarten children to ensure safety and orderly conduct.
• Assists teachers in supervising learning activities and provides small-group learning support.
• Provides instruction to children as prescribed by the supervising teacher using age-appropriate methods.
• Assists in checking progress and reinforcing skills with individual or small-group sessions.
• Assists with gross and fine motor activities such as walking, drawing, and cutting.
• Prepares instructional materials and supports classroom setup and record-keeping.

Skills

Data Utilization

Human Interaction

Equipment Utilization

Verbal Aptitude

Mathematical Aptitude

Functional Reasoning

Situational Reasoning

Education

High school diploma or GED

Additional HRS training

Job description

Salary Schedule

Candidates that have taken the Para Assessment with a passing score, or have an Associate’s degree or 60 completed semester credits, may be eligible for a higher hourly rate in a certified position, evidence must be provided. Please upload a copy of your official transcripts or certificate showing a passing score on the assessment.

Under direct supervision, the purpose of the position is to provide staff support in an educational or child care environment, performing paraprofessional work in assisting teachers and pre-kindergarten age students. Employees in this classification work with children individually or in small groups by providing basic instruction in abilities and skills developmentally appropriate to pre-school age children. Position is responsible for assisting teachers with transporting children to various scheduled activities, i.e., lunch, rest time, restrooms. Essential functions as outlined herein are performed according the needs of the assigned teacher(s). Performs related work as directed.

Examples Of Essential Functions

• Monitors activities and behavior of pre-kindergarten age children during and in the absence of classroom teachers to ensure their physical and environmental safe keeping, as well as adherence to appropriate conduct and disciplinary controls.
• Assists teachers in the supervision of learning activities, circulating within the classroom and providing assistance and learning support to children.
• Provides instruction to children as prescribed by the supervising teacher and reinforces skills introduced by the teacher; may utilize games, stories, or other constructive activities to enhance learning skills.
• Assists teachers in checking and objectively evaluating progress; teaches children individually and in small groups reinforcing skills based upon instructional guidelines.
• Assists children with gross motor activities such as grasping, holding objects, posture, crawling, walking, and running; assists children with fine motor activities through activities such as playing with toys, cutting materials, or coloring
• Assists in the preparation of lesson plans and teachers' pre-planning sessions; provides input and assistance in the development of classroom activities and learning tools.
• Assists in the diagnosing and apprising teachers of potential learning or communication deficiencies; monitors children’s progressive learning skills; documents records of learning activities and diagnosis.
• Prepares or assists in the preparation of instructional materials; performs support tasks such as copying materials, laminating items, typing correspondence, and filing paperwork and documentation.
• Coordinates with media center staff for classroom learning resources; sets up equipment in classroom for teacher's instructional studies.
• Assists in preparing classroom bulletin boards, classroom decorations, displays of children’s activities, and other classroom objectives.
• Maintains attendance records and assigns student seating; learns assigned bus route(s).
• Maintains accurate and complete records of a variety of data which may require the use of a computer terminal to enter scores and other children’s data.
• May be assigned monitoring duties, i.e., hallways, lunchroom, restrooms, and bus duty; ensures appropriate student conduct during these periods.
• May be assigned to various labs providing assistance to teachers and instruction/information to students.
• Responsible for keeping up to date on current technology, as job appropriate, being used by OCPS. With the support of the district, attends training to ensure skill level in various technologies is at the level required to perform in current position.
• Responsible for timely and accurate information they maintain as part of their job responsibilities.

The list of essential functions, as outlined herein, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this classification. It is not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.

Marginal Functions

Performs related duties as directed.

Minimum Training And Experience

High school diploma or GED; with demonstrated ability to fulfill the dexterity and physical requirements of the work, and effectively attend to the needs of pre-school age children; previous vocational training or work experience with pre-school age children licensed child care environment preferred; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Additional HRS training preferred.

PERFORMANCE APTITUDES

• Data Utilization Requires the ability to arrange, compare, count, differentiate, measure and/or sort data and/or information. Includes judging whether readily observable functional, structural or compositional characteristics are similar to or divergent from prescribed standards, procedures or routines.
• Human Interaction Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of standard office equipment.
• Verbal Aptitude Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference data and information.
• Mathematical Aptitude Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
• Functional Reasoning Requires ability to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Involves routine work according to clearly prescribed standard practices, with some latitude for independent judgment.
• Situational Reasoning Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties which are often characterized by frequent change.

ADA COMPLIANCE

• Physical Ability Tasks involve the ability to exert very moderate physical effort in light work, typically involving some combination of stooping, kneeling, crouching and crawling, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds).
• Sensory Requirements Most tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communications ability. Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds.
• Environmental Factors Tasks are regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, animals/wildlife, toxic/poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.
• The Orange County School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.

10/01/2025