Paraprofessional

Democracy Prep Public Schools; New York (NY); On-site; USD 27,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

Democracy Prep Public Schools is seeking a paraprofessional to support classroom instruction and individualized student growth. This on-site, part-time role emphasizes high expectations, behavioral support, and collaboration with certified staff.

You will work with students with diverse needs, assist in implementing strategies, monitor work, and participate in trainings. Immediate hire with a tentative end date of January 29, 2027; remote work is not offered.

Qualifications

• Paraprofessional role supporting instruction and student growth.
• Experience assisting students with diverse needs in a K-12 setting.
• Strong interpersonal and classroom management skills.

Responsibilities

• Support individual students or small groups with materials and skills.
• Assist certified staff with strategies tailored to each student.
• Monitor work, grade papers, supervise makeup work as assigned.
• Notify staff of any student needs or issues.
• Provide behavioral support during lunches, breaks, and field trips.
• Assist with non-instructional duties like snack time and routines.
• Serve as a resource to the Academic Collaboration Team when intervention is needed.
• Maintain ethical standards and confidentiality of student information.
• Participate in staff trainings and follow directions from certified staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned by staff.

Skills

Paraprofessional experience

Special needs support

Classroom assistance

Emotional maturity

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Democracy Prep Public Schools is committed to ensuring all scholars succeed in the college of their choice and lead a life of active citizenship.As a paraprofessional, you will play a vital role in supporting classroom instruction, reinforcing high expectations, and providing individualized support to help every scholar grow academically, socially, and personally.

Anticipated Start Date: Immediate Hire **This position is a temporary, part-time position available for immediate hiring with a tentative end date of January 29, 2027. There is potential for an extension of this end date but this is not a guarantee.**

Work Schedule

This position is 29 hours a week with the following schedule: Monday–Thursday: 8:30 AM–2:30 PM, Friday: 8:00 AM–1:00 PM. This is a fully on-site, school-based position requiring in-person attendance at one of Democracy Prep’s school locations. Remote or work-from-home options are not available for this role.

Who You Are

• An educator with an unwavering commitment to the Democracy Prep mission of college success and authentic civic engagement for our scholars.
• An educator with a desire to assist students with special needs in a rigorous, college preparation learning environment.
• Somebody with the emotional maturity necessary for the specialized work involved.

What You’ll Do

• Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially introduced and outlined by certified staff.
• Assist the certified staff in devising special strategies for reinforcing learning materials and skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Monitor work, correct papers, and supervise curriculum-based tasting and makeup work as assigned by the certified staff.
• Alert the certified staff to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Perform assigned supervision of students (deemed to be) at risk and requiring additional generalized behavioral support during lunch periods, play periods, and on field trips.
• Perform assigned non-instructional classroom duties, such as snack time, bathroom, and clothing routines with students identified for at risk behavioral support.
• When requested, serve as a resource person to the Academic Collaboration Team in response to students requiring intervention level supports.
• Demonstrate ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students in school environment and community.
• Participate in in-service training programs as approved.
• Perform other such duties/assignments as directed by the certified staff.

Compensation

The pay for this position ranges from $19.90 to $24.30 an hour and is commensurate with prior years of equivalent experience.

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Democracy Prep is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances. Our mission is to educate responsible citizen-scholars who will change the world. We strongly believe that by building a DREAM team that represents numerous perspectives, backgrounds, and expertises, we can achieve this goal together. This is a value we highly support and strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply.

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