Special Education Paraprofessional

id='p17617_46167'>Special Education Paraprofessional JobID: 17617

Position Type:

Special Education/Special Education Paraprofessional

Date Posted:

8/4/2026

Location:

Oxford Virtual Academy

Date Available:

August 2026

District:

Oxford Community Schools Additional Information: Show/Hide

Special Education Paraprofessional

Oxford Virtual Academy & Oxford High School

2026-27 School Year

Primary Function: To provide instructional, technical, and supervisory support to staff and students in the building; monitor and supervise progress and behavior in the online classroom; utilize PBIS and de-escalation/choice strategies while supervising student(s) in lab environment; provide daily updates for counselor administration.

Qualifications â Education & Experience:

• Associates degree or equivalent preferred, minimum high school diploma.
• Ability to effectively relate with students, staff, and parents.
• Ability to assist with the instruction of students.
• Ability to lift and maneuver 50 pounds, unaided.
• Meet requirements set forth in applicable state and federal laws.
• Ability to manage students in individual, small group, and whole group situations.
• Must exhibit a pleasant personality and positive attitude toward working with students, administration, staff, and community members.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Supervise and monitor students relating to before, during and after school activities as directed by the building administrator(s).
• Work with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning of material or skills assigned by the teacher.
• Assist the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on an understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Operate and care for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Help students master equipment or instructional materials assigned by teachers.
• Serve as a source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Participate in job related in-service training programs.
• Aid students needing assistance in self-care, including toileting, intermittent catheterization, and other health care duties, as required and with proper training.
• Demonstrate the ability to be flexible when working with students, teachers, and administrators.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the student's disability and display a positive attitude toward his/her capabilities and to the student as an individual.
• Maintain regular and predictable in-person attendance.
• Support the vision and mission of Oxford Community Schools.
• Other duties as assigned by the Executive Director of Special Populations or Building Principal.

OESPA 2026-27 base hourly rate: $17.20

Schedule:

• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday mornings; Oxford High School (745 N. Oxford Rd.)
• Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday afternoons; Oxford Virtual Academy (775 W. Drahner Rd.)
• Wednesdays all day; Oxford Virtual Academy

To begin: August 2026

Attachment(s):

• Official OCS Posting