ESY - One-to-One Paraprofessional (Summer 2026)
About The Position
Extended School Year (ESY) offers specialized services to students with disabilities. The decision to provide ESY is made by the IEP Team, who assesses the necessity to minimize substantial regression and reduce substantial recoupment. The IEP Team evaluates each student’s level of needs and recommends specific IEP services during ESY based on individual student requirements. When you are hired to work the Extended School Year (ESY) program, you are committing to the entire duration of the program. This means that your assignment may involve working at different sites, as staffing needs arise. Flexibility in location is an essential requirement of the position, and by accepting this job offer, you agree to be available for reassignment to various sites as needed throughout the program.
Requirements
- The One-to-One Paraprofessional currently working with the student has the right to the position before anyone else is interviewed.
- 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 two years 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 One-to-one Paraprofessional.
- Current authorization to work in the United States.
- Candidates must have such authorization by their first day of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Current one-to-one paraprofessional at a BPS school attended by students in this program.
- Trained in ABA.
- BPS values linguistic diversity and believes that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom, school, and district culture and diversity.
- BPS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in one of BPS' official languages: Spanish, Creole (Cape Verdean), Creole (Haitian), Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, & Somali.
Responsibilities
- Commit to working all 25 days of the program.
- Provide direct service to individual students.
- Assist teacher or student directly with various needs including: Instruction, note taking, language systems (ASL, SEE 2, Picture Exchange System, communication boards, etc.), Braille, Applied Behavioral Analysis, behavior management, redirection, and de-escalation.
- Collaborate with the classroom teacher.
- Support direct, small, and whole group instruction to students with disabilities.
- Provides support during arrival and dismissal, as outlined by the site coordinator.
- Perform other related duties as requested by the ESY Special Education Teacher or Director of Operations.
- Foster open communication between parents and staff.
- Adhere to ESY handbook policy and ensure compliance with policy across the site
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
