Education Support Professional Special Education 1:1 - LRC - SAMI

**Tacoma Public Schools** **Expected Start Date:** August 31, 2026 **FTE:** .9375 **Hours per day:** 7.5 hours plus a 30-minute duty free lunch period for a total of 8 hours "on campus" **Salary Level:** PA4 $28.50 - No degree PA4 $29.25- AA degree PA4 $29.50 - BA/BS or higher degree **Benefits:** This job has the full range of benefits offered by Tacoma Public Schools. **Union/Days per year:** Education Support Professional, 173 work days, 10 month SAMI partners with the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Fort Nisqually, and Metro Parks Tacoma to provide real-world learning experiences. SAMI is a STEM-focused school located within Tacoma’s Point Defiance Park. Students engage in place-based, integrated learning through six academic pathways in life and physical sciences. Instruction takes place in zoo facilities, park buildings, and other unique learning environments. **Additional Information:** This position provides one-on-one assistance to a Grade 12 female student with a disability in all school activities and day-to-day needs during the school day; assists a certificated teacher with instructional and non-instructional activities for the assigned student and other classroom students as time permits. **Additional Information:** This position requires completion and attaining of the state mandated General Paraeducator Certificate. The Paraeducator Certificate Program offers statewide standards-based training for all paraeducator/Education Support Professionals (ESP), and supports a career growth ladder for those who wish to advance their career as a paraeducator or pursue a teaching profession. Staff will be required to complete 28 hours of training on the Fundamental Course of Study provided by the district. The first two days of FCS training will be required to be completed within four months of the date of hire, and the second two days within six months of the date of hire, or by September 1 of the next school year. The general certificate is then earned by a paraeducator who completes ten days (70 clock hours) of professional development training. This position assists a certificated teacher with instructional and personal care needs for students with a broad range of disabilities, including medically fragile, orthopedically impaired, developmental, physical, and/or behavioral. The position provides academic interventions and may include assisting students with activities of daily living. **ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS** 1. Provides instruction to students individually or in small groups in assigned learning or “center” activities per direction of teacher; may implement lesson/activity assigned by specialists; provides assistance as necessary to students with sensory or physical handicaps; promotes and monitors a safe environment conducive to the instructional process; may perform vocational training with students according to their individual needs as assigned by the teacher or specialist; may assist students with job hunting skills and job application procedures and encourages students to participate in all learning activities. 2. May instruct students in self-care activities or carry out activities such as feeding, dressing and toileting; may perform diapering/toileting assistance and changing of sanitary napkins and colostomy bags, brushing teeth, inserting orthodontics and suctioning machines, tube or pump feeding; may restrain and calm students when they become self-abusive or violent toward others; monitors and protects students through seizures and other physical emergencies; performs sensory stimulation activities as assigned; uses adaptive equipment; may assist students to perform activities during adaptive physical education; may administer and log medications as assigned, as trained by the licensed school nurse or appropriate therapist. 3. Supervises students during recess or lunch periods; may supervise students in locker/shower rooms and restrooms; assists students in bus loading or unloading; instructs bus drive…