JOB TITLE: Special Education Assistant – Paraprofessional

STATUS: Hourly, up to 196 work days, Full-Time, 30+ hours per week

REPORTS TO: Site Director, RST, & Student Services Director

Organization Overview

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center (“Vaughn”), located in Pacoima, is a large urban public school within the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Since the early 1970s, low student achievement had been a pattern. In 1993, tired of being helpless and hopeless, Vaughn became the first conversion charter school in the nation and was authorized by LAUSD. The charter was renewed most recently in 2018. Vaughn has over 25 years of experience as a successful independent charter school serving the district’s low-income students. This previously failing elementary public school is now a full-service, community-based, K-12th charter school that assures all students are college/career ready, digitally literate, and globally competent. Vaughn operates five contiguous campuses under one charter.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Co-plan and co-instruct with general and special education staff
• Provide individualized and small group support to address academic, social, behavioral, and vocational goals
• Implement Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals, adaptations, and services
• Prepare lessons and materials to support IEP goals and objectives
• Document progress towards goals and services provided
• Participate in professional development
• Accompany selected students in educational field trips as needed
• Assist in the implementation of school-wide positive behavior practices, classroom management, and behavior intervention plans
• Supervise students in and out of classroom settings
• Support Resource Specialist Teacher (RST) with service delivery, progress monitoring, testing support, maintenance of student records, and RSP classroom environment
• Participate in all school emergency and safety plans
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications 

• High School Diploma or GED
• 48 semester college units/60 quarter college units OR pass a pre-employment test with 70% or better.
• Preferably, enrolled in an accredited college
• 2 years of classroom assistant experience or related experience working with school-aged students.

Required Skills/Abilities 

• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Able to establish and maintain professional working relationships
• Fluent in Google Applications (Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Docs, Google Classroom)

Compensation and Benefits 

• $20.00 - $24.00/hr (Non-Bachelor's Degree), $26.00 - $30.00/hr (Bachelor's Degree), $31.00 - $36.00/hr (Teaching Credential/Master's Degree)
• Health Benefits package available (medical, dental, vision)
• Life Insurance and AD&D coverage
• Sick Time Accrual
• Opportunity for continued professional growth

Additional Information

Upon receiving an offer of employment: 

• Must pass a criminal background check (Live Scan) with the Department of Justice (DOJ) 
• Must provide a Tuberculosis skin test (Mantoux) clearance within 60 days of employment
• Will be assigned mandated state training to be completed prior to the first day of employment 

Vaughn Next Century Learning Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, religious creed, color, ethnic or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, uniformed service member status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, pregnancy, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected basis under the law. Equal opportunity shall be provided to all employees and applicants in every aspect of personnel policy and practice. Vaughn does not discriminate against persons with disabilities who, with reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the job in question.