Summer 2025: Extended School Year (ESY) Paraprofessional

Foxborough Regional Charter School; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 39,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

Foxborough Regional Charter School is seeking an ESY Paraprofessional for Summer 2025. This is a summer, seasonal and temporary position pending student enrollment, in-person 4 days a week from July 7 to August 1, 2025, 8:30 am–12:30 pm, at $28 per hour.

Work includes assisting classroom setup, reviewing student folders, supporting individualized instruction under a SPED teacher, data collection, behavior plan implementation, and communication with families.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Forty-eight (48) college credits or an Associate's Degree, or passing ParaPro/WorkKeys.
• Current Safety-care certification.
• Minimum of one year experience working with children.
• Experience and ability working with special education teachers.
• Experience and ability working with students with disabilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others.
• Ability to work with parents/guardians, administrators, teachers, and students.
• Demonstrated experience and ability in assisting with team instruction.
• Able to be flexible to accommodate the needs of the student and/or parent/guardians.
• May be required to be a specific gender because of the nature of the work (toileting).
• Current authorization to work in the United States by first day of employment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in classroom setup and pack up materials.
• Review folder for ESY student records including IEP, Progress Reports, Behavior Plans, and Work Samples Prior to the start of ESY.
• Assist with compilation of data and preparation of progress reports due last week of the program.
• Provide educational support individualized to the needs of each student under the direction of Special Education Teacher or Related Service Provider.
• Implement behavior plans and collect data as directed by the Special Education Teacher or Related Service Provider.
• Provide support with activities of daily living as necessary.
• Foster open communication between parents and staff.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the Director of Student Services or designee.

Skills

Team collaboration

Communication with parents

Flexible scheduling

Safety-care certification

Education

High School Diploma or GED

48 college credits or Associate's degree

ParaPro or WorkKeys certification

Job description

Summer 2025: Extended School Year (ESY) Paraprofessional

**THIS IS A SUMMER POSITION. EMPLOYMENT IS SEASONAL AND TEMPORARY, & PENDING ON STUDENTS’ ENROLLMENT**

• Position: ESY Paraprofessional
• When: July 7th- August 1 (must work all 16 days 4 days per week, for 4 weeks)
• Time:8:30 am-12:30 pm
• Hourly Rate: $28 per hour worked
• Format: In person 4 days a week
• Reports to: Director of Student Services (or Designee)

This position is contingent on enrollment.

Extended School Year - Paraprofessional (Summer 2025)

**THIS IS A SUMMER POSITION. EMPLOYMENT IS SEASONAL AND TEMPORARY**

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Extended School Year (ESY) is a Special Education program for students with disabilities whose IEP team has determined that in order to minimize substantial regression and reduce substantial recoupment time, a student is required to attend ESY. These services will be based upon the individual needs of the students per their IEP goals/objectives.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE:

The work hours for paraprofessionals and the instructional hours for students are 4 hours per day, 4 days per week, for 4 weeks from July 7 to August 1, 2025.

The paraprofessional is expected to:

• Work all 16 days (4-hour days, 4 days per week, for 4 weeks) of the program as well as PD days. PD dates are subject to change but may include the dates below. Please save the dates:
• Monday, Jun 23, 2025
• Tuesday, Jun 24, 2025
• Wednesday, Jun 25, 2025
• Assist in classroom set up and pack up classroom and materials.

• Review folder for each ESY student including IEP, Progress Reports, Behavior Plans, and Work Samples Prior to the start of ESY.
• Assist with compilation of data and preparation of progress reports due last week of the program.
• Provide educational support individualized to the needs of each student under the direction of Special Education Teacher or Related Service Provider
• Implement behavior plans and collect data as directed by the Special Education Teacher or Related Service Provider
• Provide support with activities of daily living as necessary

• Foster open communication between parents and staff.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by the Director of Student Services or designee.

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Forty-eight (48) Credit Hours of College Coursework or an Associate's Degree, or a passing score on one of the two following Formalized Standardized Assessments: ParaPro Assessment (http://www.ets.org/parapro/) or WorkKeys Certificate of Proficiency for Teacher Assistants (http://www.act.org/workkeys/profcert/index.html).
• Current Safety-care certification.
• Minimum of one year experience working with children.
• Experience and ability working with special education teachers.
• Experience and ability working with students with disabilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others.
• Demonstrated experience and ability working with parents/guardians, administrators, teachers, and students.
• Demonstrated experience and ability in assisting with team instruction.
• Able to be flexible to accommodate the needs of the student and or parent/guardians.
• May be required to be a specific gender because of the nature of the work (toileting) or because of the individual history of the student. This requirement protects both the student and the Paraprofessional.
• Current authorization to work in the United States. Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment.

QUALIFICATIONS - PREFERRED:

• Current teacher with Foxborough Regional Charter School.
• FRCS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom, school, and district culture and diversity. FRCS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in one of FRCS' official languages: Spanish, Creole (Cape Verdean), Creole (Haitian), Portuguese, & Arabic.