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Job Description
Position Type:
Paraprofessionals/Instructional Paraprofessional
Date Posted:
8/21/2024
Location:
Myers-Wilkins Elementary
(High-Needs School)
Closing Date:
10/10/2024
Instructional Paraprofessional
Myers-Wilkins Elementary School
31.25 hours/week | Monday - Friday | 7:30 am - 2:15 pm
Starting Wage: $16.31/hr, increases with experience + benefits
Join the Duluth Public Schools team, where we work to inspire every student to achieve their potential and prepare students to lead productive, fulfilling lives.
Summary:
Duluth Public Schools is seeking an individual to assist teachers and other licensed staff with the educational and social activities, as well as the academic support of school age children. Assists in creating an appropriate educational environment for children. Works with individual students or small groups of students to accomplish educational goals and lessons.
Minimum Qualifications:- Requires a minimum of a high school diploma or GED certificate
- At least three months experience working with school-age children
- 60 semester college credits or 90 quarter college credits or a passing score on the Parapro Assessment test.
- Knowledge of and skilled in activities related to academic education and support including assisting with instructional lessons.
- Child development.
- General understanding of elementary and middle school educational programs.
- Understanding of age-appropriate activities.
- CPR and first aid.
- Public health rules regarding maintaining sanitary and safe conditions in a classroom or similar educational setting.
- Understanding of cultural diversity and special education students.
- Basic mathematics, and English and some familiarity with educational materials, curriculum, and instructional techniques.
- Verbal and listening communications, especially with students and teachers.
- Good interpersonal relations, organizational and decision-making skills.
- Basic artistic and creative areas, as related to student activities.
- Maintaining a safe and organized classroom.
- Assessing the needs of each student.
- Experience working with a diverse student population
Medical/Prescription Drug Plan with Health Reimbursement Arrangement- Single Coverage - District pays 100% of premium (FREE) + contributes $2,612.50 into HRA annually
- Family Coverage - District pays 75% of premium (25% employee contribution) + contributes $5,250 into HRA annually
- Single Coverage - District pays 100% of Basic premium (FREE)
- Family Coverage - District pays 25% of Premium
- District provides minimum of $50,000 of life insurance at no cost, employee may purchase supplemental life insurance
- District-provided at no cost to employee
- Employees may elect to contribute on a pre-tax basis to Health Flexible Spending Accounts and Dependent Care Accounts
- The District contributes 7.5% of your total salary in the Public Employees Retirement Association) pension plan.
- Employees may also elect to participate in Tax-Shelter Annuity options.
- Each bargaining unit contract defines time off provisions such as holidays, sick/personal leave, vacation, etc.
If you have any questions, please contact Human Resources at 218-336-8722 or email noncerthr@isd709.org -
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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Duluth Public Schools
Show moreDuluth, or Onigamiising in Ojibwe, is the seat of St. Louis County, the largest city in the northern two-thirds of Minnesota, and the fourth largest city in the state. It is located on the western tip of Lake Superior and its city limits encompass 67 square miles of land and nearly 50 square miles of water. It is part of the Twin Ports metropolitan statistical area which includes all of Wisconsin's Douglas County, and Minnesota's Carlton, Lake, and Saint Louis counties which boasts a population of 291,638, ranked as the 170th largest metropolitan area in the United States.
After years of building economic diversity, Duluth is growing into a robust regional economic, medical, aviation, higher education, outdoor recreation and arts center. Duluth has long been recognized as an innovative region that is supported by a wide variety of services and industries, including the largest, farthest inland freshwater port, the Port of Duluth-Superior.
The city also boasts a vibrant arts culture, home to art museums, theater, and numerous festivals throughout the year. It is the home of two colleges and a university whose local sports teams include nationally ranked and championship teams.
Duluth Public Schools offers an excellent, competitive and comprehensive benefits program, which includes medical, prescription drug, dental, life, and disability coverage. A pension plan, tax-sheltered annuities program, flexible spending accounts (FSA), health care savings plan and employee assistance program round out the district’s robust benefits program.
The district pays a significant portion of the premium for medical hospitalization, dental and prescription coverage for employees and dependents and offers Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) funding.
The district also has generous provisions for vacation, holidays, family and medical leave and other types of paid and unpaid leave. The district recently added Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth to our list of paid holidays.
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