Paraprofessional (Immediate Hire - NY)

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

Job summary

Democracy Prep Public Schools is hiring a part-time educator to support students with special needs in a rigorous college-prep setting in New York. You will reinforce learning with individuals or small groups, and assist certified staff with targeted strategies tailored to each student’s needs.

The role requires emotional maturity and a commitment to the school’s mission. The position runs 29 hours per week with daytime hours and a temporary end date of January 29, 2027.

Qualifications

• Educator with commitment to Democracy Prep mission.
• Desire to assist students with special needs in a rigorous, college-prep environment.
• Emotional maturity for the specialized work involved.

Responsibilities

• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially introduced by certified staff.
• Assist certified staff in devising special strategies for reinforcing learning based on individual students’ 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 information about an individual student.
• Perform supervision of students at risk and requiring additional behavioral support during lunch, play, and field trips.
• Perform non-instructional classroom duties (snack time, bathroom, and clothing routines) for students identified for at-risk behavior.
• Serve as a resource for the Academic Collaboration Team for intervention level supports.
• Demonstrate ethical behavior and confidentiality of student information.

Job description

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.

Duration and Schedule

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.

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

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

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.