SPECIAL EDUCATION SEVERE MULTIPLE IMPAIRMENT (SXI) PARAEDUCATOR - ROCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL (2626)

SPECIAL EDUCATION SEVERE MULTIPLE IMPAIRMENT

(SXI)

PARAEDUCATOR

• ROCHESTER

HIGH SCHOOL

(2626) Rochester Community Schools Rochester High School

• Rochester Hills, Michigan This job is also posted in Rochester Community Schools Job Details

Job ID:

5619246

Application Deadline:

Posted until filled

Re-Posted:

Apr 04, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date:

Immediately Job Description

CLASSIFICATION

CATEGORICAL

SPECIAL EDUCATION

TITLE:

SPECIAL EDUCATION SEVERE MULTIPLE IMPAIRMENT

(SXI)

PARAEDUCATOR

Location:

Rochester High School 7 hours per day, 5 days per week Monday

• Friday, following adjusted 200-day 2025-2026 school year calendar $17.

48/hour per current RPEA Master Agreement

SALARY:

$17.48/hour. The hourly wage will be paid from the Instructional Classification Schedule per the Rochester Paraeducator Association Master Agreement.

QUALIFICATIONS

High School Diploma Experience with people/persons with disabilities and/or training in appropriate techniques for interacting with students with disabilities preferred. Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality, and to interact appropriately and effectively with students, parents, and staff. Excellent attendance record, flexibility, and competence for assigned responsibilities, including ability to meet the physical and academic needs of students. Regular, reliable and punctual attendance required. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

REPORTS TO

Building or Program Administrator and receives day-to-day direction from classroom teacher; program; resource teacher or Teacher Consultant.

CALENDAR

Follows adjusted 200-day school calendar (approximately 12 days during summer break)

JOB GOAL

To provide support to the special education program by assisting students with special needs in compliance with program philosophy and goals for the individual student(s).

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Takes direction for timely program delivery from building staff members responsible for student learning plans, including resource teacher, program teacher, teacher consultant, ancillary staff, and/or the general education classroom teacher.
• In accordance with the students' learning program, assists with orientation, reading, music, art, physical education, and other curriculum tasks.
• Follows through with prescribed behavioral management programs.
• Assists with the development of instructional materials; demonstrates initiative and creativity with individual children and their program implementation, when appropriate.
• Assists with physical mobility, including assisting students getting off the bus, to the building, from the building, and on the bus.
• Assists with physical mobility, self-care and personal hygiene, and daily living activities such as toileting, feeding, catheterization, tube feeding, monitoring of medical support device, etc.
• Participates in physical activities which may be part of the students' program and/or activities which may be unique to the student's educational program including but not limited to lunch, recess, art and/or physical education
• Reports successes and difficulties with student learning plans to the appropriate special educator in an informative, timely, and professional manner.

Assists the teacher with routine classroom operations such as distributing and putting away materials, preparing bulletin boards, writing lessons on the board, preparing materials for classroom use, correcting student work; maintains and procures instructional materials, supplies, and resource materials. Supervises and assists students while they are involved in activities other than in the classroom. Performs other duties as assigned by special educators or building principal, as requested.

• = Essential Job Functions Revised 2/14/9, 7/16/91, 8/1/94, 7/1/96, 2/99, 5/99, 2/02, reformatted 6/2015, 6.23 Notice of Nondiscrimination
• Rochester Community Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, creed or ancestry, age, sex, marital status, height, weight, familial status, arrest record or physical and mental disabilities in accordance with the Elliot-Larson Civil Rights Act (ELCRA) MCL 37.

2206, Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act (PWCRA), MCL 37.1206, Title II, Title VI, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Educational Amendment Act of 1972, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (8U.S.C., Section 1324A Et. Seq.) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. In addition, individuals will not be excluded from, or be denied, the benefits of participation in any program or activity for which the Board of Education of the Rochester Community School District is responsible on the basis of such characteristics. Rochester Community Schools has designated the following individuals as Compliance Coordinators at 52585 Dequindre Rd., Rochester, MI 48307. Title II and Section 504•

Students:

Pasquale Cusumano, Assistant Superintendent of Secondary and Adult Education, (248) 726-3131; Equal Employment Opportunity/Section 504 for non-students: David Murphy, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, (248)726-3118;

Title IX Coordinator:

David Murphy, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, (248)726-3118.

Position Type:

Full-Time

Salary:

$17.48 to $17.48 Per Hour Job Requirements Citizenship, residency or work visa required