Summary: 
Primary responsibility is providing assistance to students receiving special education services in an inclusion classroom.  As directed by the principal and classroom teacher, the teaching assistant will also: work with individual or small groups of students in an instructional capacity, supervise students during other activities such as lunch, and assist in completing necessary paperwork.  

Qualifications:
Applicants must meet the requirements for a Title I paraprofessional, including:

 

Must have a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent and

Must have met one of the following options:

• Completed two years of study at an institution of higher education; or
• Obtained an associate's (or higher) degree; or
• Met a rigorous standard of quality and be able to demonstrate, through a formal state or local academic assessment, knowledge of and the ability to assist in instructing reading, writing, and mathematics (or, as appropriate, reading readiness, writing readiness, and mathematics readiness).  Winchester Public Schools requires the state assessment to meet this requirement if one of the first two options cannot be documented 

Salary:   

Range for 2024-2025 is $15.29 to $31.48 per hour plus full benefits package.  
  
Workday: 
Full time/10 month (183 days) position, 7 hours per day

 

Location:

Frederick Douglass Elementary School

 

Start Date:

2024-2025 school year