Paraeducator Special Education - Magnet School
- Burlington, VT
- Permanent
- Full-time
Burlington School District (BSD) is the largest, most diverse single-town school district in the state of Vermont. In School Year 2022-2023 (SY23), BSD served nearly 3,300 PreK - Grade 12 students across 12 centralized campuses and additional locations for Burlington Technical Center programs. This includes providing support for 465 PreK students through 51 different partner programs in the area. In SY24, Students in BSD came from homes representing 37 different first languages.WHY BURLINGTON, VERMONT?
From Lake Champlain to world-class skiing, Burlington has direct access to the outdoors. From hiking, to biking, golf, kayaking, or anything snow-related, you can enjoy the scenery of the Green Mountain State year-round. Burlington boasts 35 parks and a highly acclaimed recreation program, and is just 45 minutes from Montreal. Church Street Marketplace is ONE of the most successful pedestrian malls in the country offering endless shopping, historic architecture, eateries, and more, and the City features a lively Arts & Culture scene. From stage performances to the Annual Art Hop, farmers' markets, street festivals, and more, Burlington is a great place to live, work, and raise a family. What else would you expect from the Birth Place of Ben & Jerry's?We have three core Beliefs that are driven by an engaging Superintendent - Tom Flanagan.1 - Equity: We believe our core responsibility is to make sure all of the students we serve are valued and challenged and that we intentionally build on their strengths and assets. We have a responsibility to ensure we create learning communities that are conscious of the students we serve. By addressing inequities we improve outcomes for all of our students, staff, and the greater community.2 - Engagement: We believe families, communities, and schools must work together closely. In order to engage our communities, we must be intentional about building sustaining relationships. Through building these relationships, we also build empathy, compassion, and trust.3 - Deep Learning: We believe students, particularly students who are furthest from opportunity, deserve deep learning experiences that challenge them to think creatively, to collaborate, and to solve complex problems. I believe in empowering educators to learn and grow together so they can foster environments where all students have access to deep, rigorous learning experiences.Our Goal:
Burlington School District will be student-centered and responsive to the full range of identities, abilities, cultures, and languages in our community, such that every student is challenged, empowered, and engaged in their learning throughout their time in our schools.Our North Star:
Every learner is challenged, empowered, and engaged.So come work and play with us!Job Description:Paraeducator - Special EducationMagnet SchoolsThe Burlington School District believes a diverse and culturally proficient faculty and staff are pivotal to the creation of a strong learning and working environment that supports student achievement and success. BSD administrators lead inclusive school communities with our vision: "Cultivating caring, creative, and courageous people. - Join the journey.”IAA’s mission is to support our students in becoming confident and engaged learners, problem solvers, and community members. We use arts integration and anti-racist practices to learn, build, and celebrate a diverse community of learners. We commit to our mission by upholding these four core values, co-created by the entire IAA community: creativity, growth, inclusivity, and accountability.At the Sustainability Academy we are learning together to gain the knowledge, skills and habits of responsible community members.We make a difference by creating social, environmental, and economic justice in our community and world.Burlington School District is seeking high-energy, insightful Special Education Paraeducator who is committed to high levels of achievement of all students. Under the direction of assigned supervisor, will assist a licensed teacher in providing instruction to individuals or small groups of children in an assigned educational program; assist students with meeting the goals and objectives of their Individualized Education Plan (IEP); attend to the physical and health needs of children; monitor and report student progress regarding educational performance; perform a variety of clerical and supportive duties related to classroom activities and classroom management.The essential functions of this position include:Support the developmental growth of each child:
- Facilitate children's engagement in play activities by asking children open-ended questions about their activity and offering suggestions to add more complex materials and ideas.
- Facilitate language development by describing to children their activity as well as the adult’s activity as they are happening.
- Use motivation/positive behavior management technique.
- Understand young children, their behaviors and motivation.
- Assist professional staff in supervising students across environments
- Assist professional staff in the maintenance and operation of classrooms by prepping materials and classroom for daily activities
- Assist professional staff with the collation, collating and recording of data
- Minimum Required: At least two years post-secondary education or successful completion of the Praxis exam.
- Preferred: Coursework in Childhood related field (i.e. psychology, education, human development, etc.); Associate or Bachelor’s degree.
- Preferred: Experience working with children that have special needs.
- Work environment is a regular office, classroom, outdoor, community preschool or other school setting.
- Occasional exposure to weather extremes.
- Ability to tolerate extremes in noise levels.
- Strength and stamina to safely restrain a student (Lifting and carrying upto 50lbs)