Position Type:
Paraeducator/Paraeducator
Date Posted:
6/10/2026
Location:
Bradley School
(High-Needs School)
Date Available:
08/27/2026
Closing Date:
Until Filled
Bradley School 155 David Humphreys Road, Derby, CT. 06418
Job Description:
Purpose:
Assists and participates in teaching and providing support for specific elementary student(s); carries out lesson plans and other curriculum provided by the classroom Teacher; participates in professional development, as needed.
Qualifications
Classroom:
Paraeducator/Paraeducator
Date Posted:
6/10/2026
Location:
Bradley School
(High-Needs School)
Date Available:
08/27/2026
Closing Date:
Until Filled
Bradley School 155 David Humphreys Road, Derby, CT. 06418
Job Description:
Purpose:
Assists and participates in teaching and providing support for specific elementary student(s); carries out lesson plans and other curriculum provided by the classroom Teacher; participates in professional development, as needed.
Qualifications
- Associate's degree in Education or a related field with
- Experience with children
- Can independently lift up to 10 lbs., if necessary
- Prompt, reliable, dependable, honest, ability to accept constructive feedback from supervisors
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Prior PMT training is preferred
Classroom:
- Assist the classroom teacher in implementing age / developmentally appropriate lesson plans.
- Assist the classroom teacher in maintaining an orderly, clean, welcoming classroom for students.
- Interact positively with students at all times.
- Maintain visual supervision of children at all times.
- Observe individual students daily, maintain up-to-date information on assigned students, and provide input to the classroom teacher for conferences.
- Maintain appropriate documentation for each child, as directed by the classroom teacher.
- Be familiar with state licensing regulations regarding staff/student ratios, hand washing, communicable disease information, etc.
- Report any unsafe or uncomfortable working conditions to the School Principal immediately.
- Sensitivity to individual children and their families regarding ethnicity, differences in cultures, religious affiliations, family structure, etc.
- Working cooperatively with the teacher and serving as a positive role model for students.
- Provide proof of Physical Examination with a statement of good health from a Primary Care physician, advanced practice nurse, or physician's assistant; this may be dated within the last 12 months before hire; and then every two years after.
- Proof of a negative TB test upon hire.
- Three letters of reference from adults not related to the employee.
- Completed application for employment.
- Fingerprint cards and DCF release of information forms.
- Sign up on the CT Charts-a-course registry.
- Resume, if applicable.
- Official Post-Secondary Transcripts or Parapro test results indicating a passing score.