2025-2026 Paraprofessional for The Constellations Program
2025-2026 Paraprofessional for The Constellations Program
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Job Description
Crescent City Schools is seeking a fulltime wellqualified Paraprofessional. Duties include: supporting students with disabilities in the classroom delivering instruction individually or in small groups collecting data and supporting the emotional social and behavioral needs of students and participating in the life of the school as a significant member of the staff. The Constellations Programs paraprofessional will report to the Principal of the Constellation Program.
Our Special Education Paraprofessionals impact students lives by:
- Maintaining the safety and development of the students with disabilities in their care
- Establishing high expectations for each student and supporting their academic social and emotional development
- Working closely with the classroom teacher to deliver instruction individually in small groups and to support wholeclass instruction for more than 50 of the workday
- Participating in frequent meetings with parents teachers and school leadership
- Collaborating with therapists evaluators and teachers to support student development
- Developing educational materials learning communication techniques and using student devices
- After CPI training implementing deescalation techniques when working with students as required
- After training utilize positive behavioral interventions to support the behavioral needs of students
- Accurately collecting behavioral and academic data as instructed
- Participating in the life of the school including student activities and events
- Tracking student behavioral and academic progress data
- Taking on other tasks as needed
What We Offer:
- Click here for more information about our innovative compensation system. This role is on the Support Scale and may include bumps for taking on leadership responsibilities summer work doing work outside your regular job duties or longevity with CCS.
- Click here for more information about our awardwinning benefits package which includes fullypaid health insurance immediate 4 401k match employerpaid mental health services and generous leave policies.
Apply now if you:
- Believe in the mission and values of Crescent City Schools
- Have an Associates degree or two years of college and/or are Highly Qualified as a paraprofessional
- Have demonstrated past success working with children with moderate to severe disabilities
- Have the desire to be a founding Team member of a special education school or students with significant disabilities
- Knowledge of socialemotional and behavioral interventions a plus
- Bilingual (Spanish/English) a plus
- Registered Behavior Technician certification a plus
Physical Requirements
- Regularly required to sit stand run walk talk hear kneel crouch operate a computer and other office equipment reach with hands and arms and lift and move up to 100 pounds
- Must be physically able to perform Nonviolent Crisis Intervention training and techniques and react and intervene quickly during crisis situations such as but not limited to the following circumstances: student elopement physical altercations involving students or any situation that requires physical intervention to maintain student safety
- This is an inperson role
About Crescent City Schools
Crescent City Schools is a nonprofit Charter Management Organization whose mission is to support and develop openenrollment charter schools that raise student achievement and prepare students for college. Crescent City Schools currently operates three PreK8th grade openenrollment charter schools: Harriet Tubman and Dorothy Height Charter Schools on the West Bank and Mildred Osborne Charter School in the Kenilworth neighborhood. Our organization creates lifechanging educational experiences for students and through this work transforms a city.
At Crescent City Schools we believe in inspiring people. And we firmly believe our success is driven by dedicated and talented employees. Crescent City Schools is committed to attracting and retaining the best professionals in education with an array of backgrounds experiences and perspectives.
About The Constellations Program
The Constellations Program is a preK through 4th grade school setting for students with lowincidence disabilities. At Constellations we prepare students to achieve their highest independent level of functioning. The Constellations Program will support students in meeting their functional skill needs as well as the academic skills aligned to the LEAP Connect. While this program is geared primarily towards students with Autism it is open to other students with limited to no verbal skills intellectual impairments and similar exceptionalities.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
