Paraeducator, Special Education (0.8 FTE) - Glenview Elementary (2026-27)
$31,200–$62,400 year
On-siteOakland, California, United States
Job Summary
Assist a certificated teacher in providing instruction to students with disabilities in Pre-K through Young Adult programs, reinforcing lesson plans and monitoring student progress toward Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals. Implement classwide and individual behavior strategies to maintain a safe learning environment while supporting students with physical needs, including hygiene, toileting, and mobility using wheelchairs or braces. Provide specialized instruction for Deaf and Hard of Hearing or visually impaired students as assigned, administer Diastat and perform basic first aid, and collect data on student benchmarks. Perform clerical duties such as preparing instructional materials, scoring tests, and maintaining student files. Work 202 days at 7.5 hours per day as a 0.8 FTE role, reporting to an assigned supervisor within the Special Education department.
Required Qualifications
- Special needs, issues, and requirements of special education students
- Common Core Standards, Content Standards, District Curriculum, Response to Intervention, Full Service Community Schools
- Positive reinforcement systems and behavioral strategies to maintain safe learning environments
- The 13 disability categories outlined in California Education Code and how they affect students' ability to access education
- Utilization of various forms of assessment to guide and design instruction
- Basic concepts of child growth and development and developmental behavior characteristics
- Methods, techniques and procedures for lifting and moving children incapable of providing assistance
- The special needs of students who have behavioral, and/or learning disabilities
- Child guidance principles and practices
- Safe practices in classroom and playground activities
- Instructional methods and techniques
- Effective pedagogy for ethnic populations, English, and Standard English Learners
- Applicable federal, state, and District codes, regulations, policies and procedures governing work scope
- Planning, organization and coordination needed for assigned program
- Diverse academic, socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, and disability backgrounds of District students
- Basic record-keeping techniques
- Classroom procedures and appropriate student conduct
- Safe contact with bodily fluids, blood-borne pathogens, and communicable diseases
- Effective student management techniques
- Technology and computer software applications relative to instruction, administration, and education
- Accepted record keeping and reporting methods and strategies
- Operation of office, instructional and audio-visual equipment
- Assist with instruction and related activities in a classroom or assigned learning environment
- Reinforce instruction to individual or small groups of students as directed by the teacher
- Add, subtract, multiply and divide quickly and accurately
- Communicate effectively in the English language, both orally and in writing
- Assist students with disabilities in areas related to activities of daily function, such as feeding, toileting, exercises, and positioning
- Reinforce instruction to students with disabilities, communication, and behavioral problems
- Demonstrate an understanding, patient, and receptive attitude towards children with special needs
- Understand and follow oral and written directions
- Learn the procedures, functions and limitations of assigned duties
- Remain calm and exercise judgment in dealing with emergencies and special health needs
- Gather data and prepare reports, as directed
- Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with students, school personnel, parents, co-workers, and the public
- Work independently
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