2026-27 Paraeducator - ISS @ River Ridge High School

North Thurston Public Schools • Lacey, WA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for in-school suspension program or campus security supervision to prevent, detect, and confront threats to students and the school and to help maintain discipline and orderly conduct within the school. The District represents a diverse community. More than 50% of our students arrive with diverse backgrounds. We seek an individual who has successful experience in working with culturally diverse families and communities. The selected candidate must demonstrate a commitment to strengthening community engagement and communication with the District’s diverse populations. Works under the supervision of a school administrator(s) who assigns responsibilities and provides direction and guidance. Campus security follows district and school policies and procedures in carrying our daily responsibilities. Administrators are generally available to provide guidance in most situations. However, the campus security must be able and willing to independently exercise sound and reasonable judgment in emergency situations. In-school suspension paraeducator is responsible for supervising and maintaining order in the in-school suspension room.

Requirements

• Paraeducator must have successful experience in working with culturally diverse families and communities, or have otherwise demonstrated a commitment to strengthening engagement of a diverse community and skill in communicating with a diverse population.
• High School Diploma.
• Either an Associate’s Degree or successfully passing the written Educational Testing Service competency examination.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual skills.
• May be required to be certified or to become certified in first aid, CPR, and/or operation of defibrillators.
• Prefer two years of experience in a safety and security environment preferably involving daily interaction with students, children and the public; school district experience preferred.
• Experience in safety and security procedures in a non-school environment may substitute on a month-to-month basis for the required experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision of students before, during, and after school.
• Prevents students from defacing school property e.g., desks, cubicles, walls or any other form of vandalism.
• Remain flexible in making decisions, responding to requests and situations on a case-by-case basis.
• Use independent judgment and knowledge of student progress to design daily interactions.
• Keep safety issues as a high priority.
• Reviews discipline infractions to identify and address student problem areas.
• Administer limited discipline as necessary under the guidance of supervisor.
• May be called upon to take action in instances of unsafe behavior without specific instruction from supervisor.
• Assists building administrators in implementing disciplinary plans, investigations, and detentions.
• Helps in the ongoing implementation of the school-wide safety plan and participates on the safety committee.
• Required to follow Board policies and stay abreast of updates and changes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Supervise in-school suspension.
• Inputs all discipline infractions into the computer.
• Maintains accurate attendance records for students in the detention room.
• Perform office duties such as maintaining student records, assist with written reporting of student progress, copy referrals or use a computer to type referrals to distribute information to various parties.
• Work collaboratively with classroom teachers and administrators to plan effective goals for students assigned to in-school suspension program.
• Exercise judgment on actions to take in handling tasks and use initiative and ingenuity to resolve special problems.
• Work with students on an individual basis as well as small groups to complete assigned work in the ISS room.
• Keep students on task.
• Oversee the campus supervision plan.
• Patrol school grounds to detect unauthorized persons or vehicles.
• Check cars for parking authorization.
• Keep current log of authorized student drivers and issue parking permits.
• Establishes and maintains liaison with law enforcement and fire officials.
• Notifies administrator(s) and coordinates with administrator on notifying law enforcement of potential criminal activity.
• Calls law enforcement and fire officials for assistance according to the emergency plan and school administrator direction.

Benefits

• medical, dental, vision, long term disability and basic life insurance benefits.
• Washington State Healthcare Authority under the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB).
• Washington State Department of Retirement Systems Plan.
• tax deferred 403(b) and 457 Deferred Compensation Plans (DCP).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED