Position Type:
Support Staff/Paraeducator- SPED Significant Needs and Transition
Date Posted:
5/18/2026
Location:
Multiple Locations
Date Available:
08/11/2026
Full- time, 165 scheduled working days during school year, 8 hours/day, 4-day school week (Tuesday-Friday)
Salary range: *Lane C, Step 3 - 50% (Paraeducator - SSN), *Lane F, Step 1 - 50% (Transition Services Coach)
(1 timecard required per position)
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Significant Support Needs Paraeducator (2 days per week): minimum $17.30/hour *salary dependent on experience
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Transition Services Coach (2 days per week): minimum $20.47/hour *salary dependent on experience
Benefits: Medical/Vision/Dental/Life/A&D/FSA/PTO/Voluntary Supplemental Plans
Benefits & Eligibility:
RE-1 Valley School District is proud to offer eligible employees excellent benefits, which may include: Employer-Paid Health Insurance. Optional Dental and Vision Insurance. Supplemental Life Insurance, Flexible Spending Plans, and Retirement Savings Plans.
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https://www.re1valleyschools.org/o/re-1-valley-school-district/page/insurance
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Qualifications and Education Requirements:
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Hold an Associates or higher degree
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Demonstrated aptitude for the work to be performed.
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Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.
Qualifications Preferred but not Required:
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Successfully pass the Work Keys test (through the Workforce Center) for Reading Information, Mathematics and Business Writing.
Reports To: School Principal, Classroom Teachers and SPED Director
Job Tasks Descriptions (Significant Supports Needs Paraeducator)
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Assisting assigned teachers with instructional and physical student support is a primary responsibility of this position.
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Delivery of instructional activities according to the individual student's Individual Education Plan (IEP) and as assigned and developed by certified/licensed staff, which may include helping with the design and implementation of an appropriate learning environment while incorporating appropriate assistive technologies and multi-sensory materials.
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Instructional support helping students integrate into general education classrooms and requires some communication with general education teachers regarding student needs. Imparting life skills such as self-hygiene and social/emotional skills are also a part of the Para's responsibilities.
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Supervise and facilitate sensory and movement rest periods in between academic activities, and which facilitate increased student engagement.
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Assisting the teacher in implementing positive behavior plans and systems appropriate to the individual student is a responsibility of this position.
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Providing student oversight and supervision during out-of-classroom activities including arrivals and departures, outside breaks, passing periods, and other activities as assigned by the supervising teacher is a daily responsibility of this position.
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Communication with other paraprofessionals and staff to keep track of student movements, schedules, and locations. Based on the needs of the student, a Paraprofessional may be requested to travel with a student during transportation to and from school/home.
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Serving students to provide personal hygienic needs is a primary responsibility of this position. Services are provided according to the individual needs of each student and there is an expectation to maintain the student's HIPPA confidentiality and personal dignity in providing for these needs. Responsibilities This may include dispensing of medications, meal preparation, feeding or toileting/diapering.
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Collecting and reviewing progress on students' work toward Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals/objectives are completed with SPED teachers on a regular basis with adjustments made to ensure IEP compliance and students' needs are being met.
Job Tasks Descriptions (Transition Services Coach)
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Coordinate vocational tasks at job training sites. Provide job coaching and follow-up support. Assist employers with supporting student's rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Model and instruct effective vocational, interpersonal, consumer, mobility, domestic, and safety skills. Train students in positive living skills by analyzing tasks, providing appropriate cues and opportunities for problem-solving, providing consistent behavior management intervention, and planning for "fading" supervision of student activity. Provide mobility training so that the student can access public facilities and public transportation.
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Modeling and instructing on effective occupational, interpersonal, consumer, mobility, domestic, and safety skills
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Implementing vocational placements: providing job coaching and transportation
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Assisting students with alternative communication systems and/or adaptive equipment/technology
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Monitoring and evaluating students' health and personal needs by collecting data
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Performing clerical duties and acting as a liaison between vocational placements and IEP teams.
Other Duties:
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Additional Notation:
All staff are to be cognizant of policies regarding confidentiality. All District Board of Education policies may be viewed from the District's website.
RE-1 Valley School District has two high schools, one middle school, one junior high school, three elementary schools and two preschools and serves approximately 1,900 students in the Sterling and Iliff/Crook areas, employing about 400 staff. RE-1 Valley School District utilizes a 4-day school week schedule (Tuesday-Friday).
RE-1 Valley employs highly qualified, dedicated staff who believe our mission is to prepare all students for productive, successful lives beyond school through a balanced curriculum, activities, community experiences, global awareness, high expectations and interaction among students, parents and community. Visit the District website at www.re1valleyschools.org for more information including updated job postings and salary schedules.
Caliche Elementary and Caliche Jr/Sr High School, located outside Iliff, CO, are a part of RE-1 Valley School District. The District Administration Center is located in Sterling, CO (Logan County) in the Northeastern corner of Colorado on Interstate 76 alongside the Platte River. Having the largest population, approximately 13,900, in Logan County and much of the surrounding area, Sterling offers shopping, restaurants, numerous parks, a recreation center, access to medical care and is located near North Sterling Reservoir. Sterling is approximately 1 1/2 hours from Denver International Airport and 2 hours from Denver and the Front Range (I-25 corridor).
RE-1 Valley School District is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, sex, religion, sexuakl orientation, national origin, disability, genetic informatino, pregnancy, or any other protected charactertistic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. RE-1 Valley School District makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
