Special EducationTeaching Assistant - Broadmeadow Elementary

Regional Office Of Education #9 Champaign - Ford Counties; Illinois; On-site; USD 25,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Regional Office Of Education #9 Champaign - Ford Counties seeks a Special Education Teaching Assistant to support Broadmeadow Elementary. The role assists teachers, translates between bilingual students and English, and helps deliver instruction to individuals or small groups.

Requirements include 60 college credits or state paraprofessional certification, plus strong communication skills. Applicants live in or near the surrounding community and will work on site at Broadmeadow Elementary.

Qualifications

• Must have 60 hours college coursework or passed a State approved test to grant paraprofessional certification.
• Strong communication skills (written and oral).

Responsibilities

• Translate between bilingual language and English in classroom, meetings, or calls with students, parents, and teachers.
• Assist with administering, scoring, and recording achievement and diagnostic tests for individual students.
• Work with individual students or small groups to reinforce material introduced by the teacher.
• Assist with supervision during drills, assemblies, field trips, and classroom activities.
• Help students with clothing, lunch, cleanup routines, and with library or media center tasks.

Skills

Paraprofessional

Bilingual

Communication

Education

60 college credits

State-approved test

Job description

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Frontline Applicant Tracking - ROE #9 Champaign-Ford County School Districts

ROE #9 Champaign-Ford County School Districts

Special EducationTeaching Assistant - Broadmeadow Elementary JobID: 22459

Special Education Teacher Assistant - Broadmeadow beginning with the 2026/27 school year

Valid Illinois Paraprofessional License is required to apply. Use the link below for information on how to obtain your license.

https://www.isbe.net/Documents/What-is-Paraprofessional.pdf

Minimum Starting Salary: 0yrs of experience with High School Diploma $18.57/hr

0 yrs of experience with Associates Degree - $19.60/hr

0 yrs of experience with Bachelors Degree - $20.63/hr

Maximum Starting Salary: 30yrs of experience with High School Diploma - $28.56/hr

30yrs of experience with Associates Degree - $29.60/hr

30 yrs of experience with Bachelors Degree - $30.65/hr

Questions or more information please contact Kelly Crawford Assistant Special Education Director | [e-mail]

General Qualifications:

• Must have 60 hours college course credits or have passed a State approved test granting Para-�- professional rtification.
• Possess strong communication skills (written and oral).

Job Summary:

To assist the teacher in achieving teaching objectives by working with individual students, small groups, or whole classrooms to help students achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole. To provide a well‑organized, smoothly functioning class environment in which students can take full advantage of the instructional program and available resource materials. Proficiency in native language of bilingual and English, including able to write and speak in both languages of need, fluently and grammatically correct. Live in or be familiar with the surrounding community.

ESSENTIAL JOB SKILLS Staff member will effectively perform the following duties in a timely manner: Translate between the native language of bilingual and English in classroom, meeting, or phone call situations with students, parents and teachers. Translate document from native language of bilingual to English correctly.

Administer, score, and record such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students. Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher. Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities. Help students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by the teacher. Guide independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher. Assist with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips. Assist with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and story telling. Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in other forms of oral communication with students. Assist students in the library or media center. Check notebooks, correct papers, and supervise testing and make‑up work as assigned by the teacher. Help students with their clothing. Assist with lunch, snack and clean‑up routines. Assist with wash‑up and toilet routines. Alert the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student. Serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher. Maintain the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers. Participate in in‑service training programs as assigned. Other responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

Mental Demands: Ability to communicate effectively with parents, students, teachers, administration and community members. Ability to maintain emotional control under stress. Ability to use e‑mail and office equipment effectively. Ability to work with students individually or in group settings. Working Conditions: Indoor classrooms/School exposure to: student noise, lawn mowing, music, odors of food, mowed grass and possible communicable diseases. Outdoor schoolyard and grounds, field trips: exposure to temperatures (hot, warm, cool & cold) and exposure to mowed grass. Regular work attendance.

Postings current as of 9/10/2026 6:52:21 PM CST.

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