Kindergarten Paraprofessional Supervisor
About the Employer
Job Title: Shiloh Hills Transition to Kindergarten Para Ed Supervision/Instruction - Job Summary:
This position assists a certificated teacher or other staff member with instructional and non-instructional activities for students in a classroom. Responsibilities include tutoring students, monitoring student behavior, and preparing classroom materials.
Responsibilities:
Student supervision and maintaining safety, behavior, decorum, and order in all of the common areas of the school.
Clerical work such as compiling materials, providing basic first aid, or supervising students on the playground.*
Essential Functions:
1. Provide basic student supervision ensuring all students are meeting general building wide behavioral expectations.
2. Assist in maintaining safety, behavior, decorum, and order in common areas including, but not limited to, cafeteria, playground, corridors, study halls, gymnasium, auditorium, locker rooms, parking lots, crosswalks, detention rooms, and school busses.
3. Provide instructional support and assistance in teaching and learning as needed in individual, small or large group situations.
4. Assist teachers with various duties related to the instruction of students such as observing, recording data, charting behavior, and classroom preparation.
5. Follow and implement plans, procedures, strategies, or tasks as directed by an administrator or certificated staff.
6. Learn and apply approaches/strategies to use when working with students in an instructional setting.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. A person working in this position will exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally while carrying, pushing, and/or pulling to move objects.
2. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unaided and may lift over 50 pounds with the assistance of another person and/or a lift assist.
3. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit; some stooping, kneeling, and/or crouching; and significant fine finger dexterity.
Terms of Employment and Salary:
The salary range for the position is: Min $19.13 - Max $22.16
Salary placement will be at step 1 on the scale for the position unless otherwise noted within the contract.
CBAS and salary schedules can be reviewed from the Human Resources page of the Mead School District website at https://www.mead354.org/about-us/department-directory/human-resources/
Minimum Qualifications:
Education/Training:
High school diploma or equivalent. Current first aid/CPR certification or willingness to obtain promptly.
1. Para educators shall be required to be highly qualified upon hire into a continuing position as defined by state law.
2. Completed at least 2 years of study totaling 72 quarter credits or 48 semester credits at the 100 level or higher at an accredited college or university;
3. Obtained an associate’s (or higher) degree;
4. Completed and passed the ETS Parapro Praxis Assessment (qualifying score of at least 455);
5. Completed and passed the Master Teacher Assessments (2 assessments, qualifying score of at least 65%);
6. Completed and passed the Pearson Paraprofessional Assessment (qualifying score of at least); or
7. Have completed an apprenticeship as a paraeducator, in a program registered with the Washington State Apprenticeship and Training Council.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Demonstrated skill in communicating effectively with all staff, students, and as a team member, both verbally and in writing.
1. Ability to work with students in a warm and confident manner.
2. Knowledge of student safety rules and procedures.
3. Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
Application:
The application process for this position is as follows:
* Members of Mead Support and Service Professionals interested in this position need to apply for this position via the Mead.SchoolSpring.com internal link.
1. Please complete the required information on the internal application, including uploading the required documents to your profile, on or before 11:59 pm, September 16, 2026.
All other applicants interested in this position must apply for this posting through a link to our online applicant system found on the website at Mead.SchoolSpring.com.
1. Upload the required documents to your application.
Required documents for a complete application include:
Your resume
Your current letter of interest, which speaks specifically to your abilities in the position for which you are applying
Three (3) dated and current (within the last 3 years) letters of recommendation, or 3 completed online reference checks (email addresses required for references)
Copy of your high school diploma or high school transcripts*
Verification of identity and United States work authorization must be completed before employment commences. The successful candidate for this position must be fingerprinted.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
Mead School District #354 is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, homelessness, immigration or citizenship status, disability, neurodivergence, the use of a trained dog guide or service animal, age, and honorably discharged veteran or military status and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.
Inquiries regarding compliance procedures may be directed to the district’s Title IX/Civil Rights Officer, Josh Westermann, Section 504 Coordinator, Heather Havens, and/or Affirmative Action Officer, Keri Hutchins, at (509)465-6000 or via mail to 2323 E. Farwell Rd., Mead, WA, 99021.
Persons who may need some accommodation in the hiring process should contact the Human Resources office at (509) 465-6010.