Para Special Education High Incidence (2026-2027 School Year)

Wichita Public Schools • Wichita, KS

7h • Onsite

About The Position

Under the supervision of an administrator and direction of a certificated/licensed staff, this role assists the teacher in the education of students with cognitive disabilities, communication disabilities, and social, behavioral, and/or emotional disabilities. The students served are in need of academic and/or adaptive behavior skills instruction. This position is offered at 0.75 FTE and works 30 hours per week.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED equivalent required
• Paras working in a Title School must have a minimum of 48 accredited college credits verifiable with a transcript or pass a state approved assessment
• Some positions require in service, training or course work in first aide, symptoms of child abuse, and/or symptoms and signs of illness

Nice To Haves

• Some positions may require knowledge of various sign language modalities, Braille, NCI (Nonviolent Crisis Intervention) or other special skills

Responsibilities

• Supervises students in class setting as directed by the teacher
• Assists in managing classroom routines and procedures
• Assists in the interventions to redirect behavior, assesses crisis situations and intervenes to defuse situations, documents any occurrences, provides feedback to develop positive self-esteem of student
• Assists the teacher by supervising school activities on or off campus during the course of the instructional day
• Assists in the implementing of student behavior plan
• Assists students to and from assigned areas within the building to facilitate integration efforts
• Assists the teacher in the physical setup of the classroom for group instruction, projects, and activities
• Assists in the integration of technology into the classroom
• Participates in effective teaming skills, collaboration, conflict resolution and communication
• Provides individual and/or group instruction which may include regular education students in academic areas after initial instruction by teacher
• Is assigned to a regular classroom program where special education students are assigned
• Provides feedback to students and teachers
• Assists students through the use of questioning and discussion techniques
• Assists with student engagement with the curriculum
• Assists students with self-advocacy
• Assists students in using technology
• Exhibits oral and written communication that is clear and expressive
• Assists with child development and language acquisition
• Assists students with the integration into regular education classroom
• Assists the teacher with the designing of instruction and follow through
• Assists the teacher in the development and implementation of the Individual Education Plan (IEP)
• Demonstrates knowledge of district resources
• Assists the teacher with planning and implementation of any type of community based instruction
• Maintains high level of confidentiality of information regarding students and staff information and issues
• Models appropriate behavior for students
• Develops and maintains a professional rapport with classroom teacher and other staff
• Demonstrates sensitivity to the needs of students, staff, and parents
• Communicates with students, parents, instructional and support staff by letter, phone, e-mail, fax or personal contact as directed by the administrator or classroom teacher
• Observes and charts student behavior and assist in discipline of student as instructed by the teacher.
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize and organize
• Demonstrates flexibility and responsiveness
• Attends and participates in staff meetings, PLCs and parent conferences as required
• Acquires a minimum of 20 hours of in-service annually. After 3 years a minimum of 10 in-service hours is required.
• Assists students to and from buses and assisting the drivers until departure time
• Assists in the transportation of students
• Accepts the responsibility for travel between buildings and assignments when necessary
• Assists in caring for student's medical needs when under the direct supervision of the school nurse or other appropriate professional
• Assists students with basic needs including but not limited to self-care, hygiene, feeding, (may include tube feeding), toileting, diapering, dressing and physical transfers
• Assists with additional duties as assigned by supervisor.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees