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SPED Paraprofessional - Elementary School
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SPED Paraprofessional - Elementary School
Dakota Valley Schools
District Wide - North Sioux City, South Dakota This job is also posted in Dakota Valley Schools
Job Details
Job ID:
5926177
Application Deadline:
Sep 22, 2026 11:59 PM (Central Standard Time)
Posted:
Yesterday
Starting Date:
To Be Determined
Job Description
TITLE:
Para-Professional / Educational Assistant
REPORTS TO
Teachers and Administrators
JOB GOAL
To assist the teacher in achieving teaching
objectives by working with individual students or small groups to help them achieve a proficient skill level.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
1.) Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of materials or skills initially introduced
by the teacher.
2.) Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing materials or skills based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
3.) Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
4.) Administers, scores, and records such achievement and diagnostic tests as the teacher recommends for individual students.
5.) Checks notebooks, corrects papers, and supervises testing and make-up work, as assigned by the teacher.
6.) Assists with large group activities such as drill work, reading aloud, and story telling.
7.) Serves as a resource of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
8.) Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
9.) Maintains a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of a fully licensed teacher.
10.) Participates in in-service training programs, as assigned or approved by the immediate supervisor.
11.) Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Position Type:
Full-Time
Salary:
$17.51 Per Hour
Job Requirements
Citizenship, residency or work visa required
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What they do
A Teacher Assistant assists classroom teachers by providing extra individual attention and instruction to students. Helps teachers with recordkeeping, preparation for lessons and activities and supervising students. May work with special education students, or work in a school library or computer lab; may be called teacher aide or paraprofessional.
$34,944 / year median in South Dakota
+13% projected growth