The following vacancy exists in Goshen Community Schools for the 2023-24 school year:

  

St. John the Evangelist Catholic School

Title One Paraprofessional

 

POSITION PURPOSE:  Assists the teacher/consultant in meeting the students’ personal, social, and instructional needs related to the classroom curriculum as needed by performing the following duties.

                                               

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each of the essential functions satisfactorily.

• Assists the teacher with diagnostic tests when needed.
• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills initially introduced by the teacher.
• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Guides independent study, enrichment work, and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Checks notebooks, correct papers, and supervises testing and makeup work, as assigned by the teacher.
• Assists with such group activities as drill work, reading aloud, and storytelling.
• Serves as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Assist the teacher with copying and laminating student materials.
• Supervise recess or lunch duties.
• Uphold the mission of Goshen Community Schools.
• Alerts the regular teacher to any problems or special problems about an individual student.
• Maintains the same high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students as is expected of fully licensed teachers.
• Attends to students’ personal needs.
• Record keeping as assigned by the teacher.
• Other duties as assigned by the building administrator.
• Attends staff meetings, as needed.
• Is an active participant in staff development.

 

 REQUIREMENTS: 

• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Possess a high school diploma or equivalent
• One of the following is required:
• Have 48 hours of college credit or higher
• Child Development Associate (CDA) credential
• ParaPro Assessment with a score of 460 or higher
• Be willing to complete 10 modules in the online training platform Paraeducator within 2 months of employment at GCS (free training resources provided)
• Six months to a year of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience is preferred.

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to prepare written reports and correspondence
• Ability to plan and organize good work habits
• Other qualifications that the school district may require

 

HOURS:  180 days per year; 37.5 hours per week

 

SALARY:  $21.00-$22.65, rate is dependent upon education and/or experience. (Schedule #21-4)

 

BENEFITS:   Eligibility is based upon hours worked and can be reviewed during your interview.  Benefit information can be found online at https://www.goshenschools.org/hr/benefits

 

APPLICATION PROCESS:  In order to be considered, all applicants must have completed their on-line application at https://goshenschools.tedk12.com/hire/index.aspx

          CURRENT GCS EMPLOYEES CLICK HERE

 

Please attach the following to your application:

• Letter of interest
• Up-to-date resume

                                   

For questions regarding this position please contact:

Whitney Dixon

Goshen Community Schools

613 E Purl St

Goshen, IN  46526

wdixon@goshenschools.org

 

AND

 

Virginia Munoz

St. John the Evangelist Catholic School

117 W. Monroe St. 

Goshen, IN 46526

vmunoz@stjohncatholic.com

 

The Goshen Community School's Board of School Trustees is an equal opportunity employer.  Selection of the applicant will be made without reference to race, color, creed, sex, age, handicap, or national origin.

 

THE CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIVING APPLICATIONS IS: Until Filled