POSITION TITLE: Paraeducator
RESPONSIBLE TO: Regional School Programs Principal
QUALIFICATIONS/CERTIFICATION(S):
- Qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable
- High School Diploma
- Passing score on Kentucky Paraeducator Assessment or 60 college hours
JOB GOAL: To assist the teachers in the achievement of teaching objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve the skill levels of the class as a whole.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Administer, score, and record such achievement and diagnostic test as the teacher recommends for individual students.
- Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
- Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interest, and abilities.
- Operate and care for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
- Help students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by teacher.
- Distribute and collect workbooks, papers, and other materials, for instruction.
- Guide independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
- Assist with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
- Assist in keeping bulletin board and other classroom learning displays up to date.
- Assist with such large group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
- Read to students, listen to students read, and participate in other forms of oral communication with students.
- Assist students with technology based learning and/or other software programs.
- Check notebooks, correct papers, and supervise testing and make up work, as assigned by the teacher.
- Assist in checking and recording student attendance.
- Assist in collecting and recording collection of money.
- Help students with their clothing.
- Assist with lunch, snack and cleanup routines.
- Assist with wash-up and restroom or toilet routines.
- Alert the regular teacher to any problem of special information and help to any 08/2012 substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
- Serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
- Maintain the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
- Participate in in-service training programs, as assigned.
- Assist with duties if needed.
TERM OF EMPLOYMENT: 10 Month year, 182 days
SALARY: Salary based on rank and experience in accordance with NKCES salary schedule.
EVALUATION: Annual evaluation in accordance with performance of job description and NKCES policies and procedures.
Job Posted on 08/12/2026
