Paraprofessional [SPED SubSep Aide, Sped SAR Program] [UP Academy Holland] (SY25-26)

About UP Education Network

UP Education Network manages and operates six schools in Boston Lawrence and Springfield MA. We serve over 3000 elementary and middle school students. UP is invited by local school districts to restart chronically underperforming district schools as UP Academies. Each UP Academy shares the same mission: to ensure that students acquire the knowledge skills and strength of character necessary tosucceed on the path to college and to achieve their full potential.

Role

The Paraprofessional will work closely with teachers to plan and execute academic interventions for small groups of students. The Paraprofessional holds primary responsibility for overseeing the implementation of effective rigorous academic and behavior intervention systems with a small case load of students.

Specific Responsibilities

• Work alongside an experienced educator to support a small case load of students driving the academic achievement of students
• Analyze assessment data to identify knowledge gaps and skill deficits of individual students
• Create materials for tutorial that target individual student needs
• Implement an effective rigorous academic and behavior intervention system with a small case load of students
• Support student mastery of state city and school academic and behavioral standards
• Hold all students to high academic and behavior expectations
• Lead daily individual and small group tutoring sessions
• Communicate effectively with students families and colleagues.

Qualifications

• A strong belief in UP Education Networks core values: Students Community Humility Resilience and Humor
• ABA experience preferred
• A high-school diploma or GED
• Forty-eight (48) Credit Hours of College Coursework or an Associates Degree or a passing score on one of the two following Formalized Standardized Assessments: ParaPro Assessment ( or WorkKeys Certificate of Proficiency for Teacher Assistants ( authorization to work in the United States A candidate must have such authorization by his or her first day of employment.

Compensation and Benefits

Your salary is commensurate with experience; UP Academy follows the salary scales of each UP Academys host school district. As an employee of UP Academy and your respective school district you will receive the same access to personal and sick days health insurance and dental insurance as others within your union.

Working at UP Education Network

We know that great staff members directly lead to the success of our students. At UP your career is shaped by:

• Opportunities for immediate impact: UP offers a chance to bring best practices found in high-performing schools to students previously enrolled in struggling schools and to rapidly unlock the potential of these students
• Talented mission-driven colleagues: Our staff is enthusiastic dedicated and willing to do whatever it takes to put every student on the path to college
• Collaboration and teamwork: Staff members collaborate and work closely together on grade-level or content area teams using data to track student performance as well as guide instructional practice
• Consistent professional growth and development: Members of our staff typically have bi-weekly check-in meetings with their managers where they receive targeted coaching and support and the entire staff participates in weekly professional development sessions during the school year kick-started by extensive training in August.

To Apply:

If you are interested in applying for this position please visit and formally apply for this position through our on-line application system.

We encourage applicants of diverse backgrounds to apply for any open position in which they feel believe that we have a responsibility to recruit retain develop and reward a diverse and talented staff. Our students must be exposed on a daily basis to a diverse group of powerful role models - in their teachers their school leaders and their supporters in the network office. With this in mind we are committed to recruiting the most talented individuals from the widest possible range ofbackgrounds to join our creative mission-driven team.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority