Paraprofessional

Paraprofessional

The Paraprofessional provides essential support across multiple classrooms during regular school hours, assisting teachers and students to promote a positive, inclusive, and effective learning environment. The Paraprofessional works closely with classroom teachers to support instruction, student engagement, classroom management, and individual student needs.

Responsibilities

• Assist teachers with classroom instruction, activities, and daily classroom management.
• Provide direct academic, behavioral, and social support to students as directed by the classroom teacher.
• Help implement instructional plans, learning activities, and accommodations under teacher guidance.
• Monitor student behavior and help maintain a safe, respectful, and positive classroom environment.
• Support students in developing independence, confidence, and positive learning habits.
• Provide assistance across multiple classrooms as needed throughout the school day.
• Collaborate with teachers and school staff to ensure students receive consistent and effective support.
• Perform other student-support duties as assigned by school administration or classroom teachers.

Preferred Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in educational support, classroom assistance, or a related role preferred.
• Experience working with children or students in a school or educational setting.
• Strong communication, teamwork, patience, and classroom-management skills.
• Ability to adapt to the needs of different classrooms and students throughout the school day.
• Commitment to creating an inclusive, supportive, and student-centered learning environment.

The Paraprofessional plays an important role in helping teachers provide individualized attention and ensuring students have the support they need to succeed. A successful Paraprofessional is dependable, flexible, patient, and committed to making a meaningful difference in students' educational experiences.

Flexible Educators is a division of the Flexible Staffing family of companies focused on the recruitment and retention of qualified, professional substitute teachers, paraprofessionals and school support staff. Created for the purpose of serving schools throughout the Midwest that need a tailored approach to educational staffing needs, the Flexible Educators team combines more than 50 years of staffing experience with more than 30 years of educational industry knowledge to create a dynamic staff ready and able to help schools of all sizes.

Flexible Educators is proud to help school districts find quality substitute teachers and support staff to serve in the classroom and throughout the school. With Flexible Educators, you know you are getting capable, knowledgeable educational staff to serve throughout your school.

We know that from time to time, teachers have to be out of the classroom. We aim to fill those days with knowledge from credible, certified substitute teaching staff who can continue in the absence of the permanent teacher.