Special Needs Assistant - Itinerant (5.7 hours per day) - TK - 8th Grade

Special Needs Assistant - Itinerant (5.7 hours per day) - TK - 8th Grade at Buena Park School District

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Application Deadline

8/12/2026 8:00 AM Pacific

Date Posted

8/7/2026

Contact

Amanda Strook

Number of Openings

2

Salary

Pay dependent on experience

Add l Salary Info

Range 16: $21.07 to $25.60 per hour

Length of Work Year

10 Months, 184 days per year

Employment Type

Part Time

Job Summary

Job Summary

Under the direction of assigned administrator, assist teachers or specialists, with the major portion of their time to work independently, with students to perform a variety of follow-up instructional activities; to assist in the conduct of training and learning activities with students possessing special learning needs; to perform a variety of routine support for instructional, clerical and behavioral activities; and to do other related work as required. Special Needs Assistant (SNA) is distinguished from an Instructional Assistant II and/or III: Special Education aide in that the SNA's primary responsibility being, but not limited to, to work with students that have been determined to require unique, additional support, and daily situations require flexibility, creativity, and "on the spot" problem solving.

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Requirements / Qualifications

Site(s): Elementary & Middle School Elementary Hours: 8 AM - 2:30 PM (Thursday Early Day: 8 AM - 12:30 PM) Middle School Hours: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (Thursday Early Day 8 AM - 1:20 PM)

Applicants must have the following documents attached or the application is considered incomplete. Existing Vacancies: Until Filled SNA: 1 vacancy at Emery

• CPR/First Aid Certification (agree to obtain within first 6 months of employment)
• Proof of HS Graduation
• Resume

Requirements / Qualifications

Site(s): Elementary & Middle School Elementary Hours: 8 AM - 2:30 PM (Thursday Early Day: 8 AM - 12:30 PM) Middle School Hours: 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM (Thursday Early Day 8 AM - 1:20 PM)

Applicants must have the following documents attached or the application is considered incomplete. Existing Vacancies: Until Filled SNA: 1 vacancy at Emery

• CPR/First Aid Certification (agree to obtain within first 6 months of employment)
• Proof of HS Graduation
• Resume

Comments and Other Information

If there are multiple positions of interest, please contact Personnel Services at HRDepartment@bpsd.us, requesting to have your application copied to the other posting(s). Please provide the specific job posting in your request. All questions may be sent to the email listed above. Buena Park School District prohibits unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying of students, district employees and job applicants on the basis of actual or perceived race or ethnicity, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information, or any other characteristic identified in Education Code 200 or 220, Penal Code 422.55, or Government Code 11135, or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics at a district site, program and/or activity. Policy 1312.3 Uniform Complaint Procedures Regulation 1312.3 Uniform Complaint Procedures Regulation 1312.4 Williams Uniform Complaint Procedures Policy 4119.11 Sexual Harassment - Employee and Applicants Regulation 4119.11 Sexual Harassment - Employee and Applicants Policy 5145.3 Nondiscrimination/Harassment - Students Regulation 5145.3 Nondiscrimination/Harassment - Students Policy 5145.7 Sexual Harassment - Students Regulation 5145.7 Sexual Harassment - Students Complaints: BPSD Superintendent, 6885 Orangethorpe Avenue, Buena Park CA 90620 (714) 522-8412

Comments and Other Information

If there are multiple positions of interest, please contact Personnel Services at HRDepartment@bpsd.us, requesting to have your application copied to the other posting(s). Please provide the specific job posting in your request. All questions may be sent to the email listed above. Buena Park School District prohibits unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying of students, district employees and job applicants on the basis of actual or perceived race or ethnicity, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information, or any other characteristic identified in Education Code 200 or 220, Penal Code 422.55, or Government Code 11135, or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics at a district site, program and/or activity. Policy 1312.3 Uniform Complaint Procedures Regulation 1312.3 Uniform Complaint Procedures Regulation 1312.4 Williams Uniform Complaint Procedures Policy 4119.11 Sexual Harassment - Employee and Applicants Regulation 4119.11 Sexual Harassment - Employee and Applicants Policy 5145.3 Nondiscrimination/Harassment - Students Regulation 5145.3 Nondiscrimination/Harassment - Students Policy 5145.7 Sexual Harassment - Students Regulation 5145.7 Sexual Harassment - Students Complaints: BPSD Superintendent, 6885 Orangethorpe Avenue, Buena Park CA 90620 (714) 522-8412

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