- Position Type:
Paraprofessional - Special Education Assistant/Special Education Assistant - 1:1 - Date Posted:
3/31/2026 - Location:
Various - Date Available:
8/7/2026 - Closing Date:
04/06/2026 Additional Information: Show/Hide - Impact Lives Daily: Every day, you'll have the opportunity to inspire, guide, and empower the next generation. Your work will ripple through time, shaping not just individual lives but entire communities.
- Innovate and Grow: We're not just teaching � we're reinventing education for the 21st century. Bring your fresh ideas and watch them come to life in our progressive learning environments.
- Stability Meets Flexibility: Enjoy the security of working in an essential field, coupled with a schedule that respects your work-life balance. Summers off, holidays, and predictable hours allow you to pursue your passions both in and out of the classroom.
- Comprehensive Benefits: Enjoy competitive salaries, excellent health coverage, robust retirement plans, and generous paid time off.
- Supportive Community: Join a team that feels like family. Our collaborative environment fosters lifelong friendships and professional networks.
- Cutting-Edge Resources: Work with state-of-the-art technology and innovative teaching tools that make learning exciting for both educators and students.
- 12 Sick days are provided annually and accumulate each year
- 27+ Holidays!
- 3 Personal Business Days are provided annually and accumulate each year
- Snow Days: Stay at home on a snow day and receive pay!
- Facilitate communication between deaf/hard of hearing students and others in the educational environment in the mode of communication specified in the student's individualized educational program (IEP)
- Assist the teacher with meeting the general educational considerations as determined in the student's IEP.
- Function in a manner appropriate to each interpreting situation, demonstrating professional appearance, conduct and promptness.
- Demonstrate professionalism in all interactions with school personnel, students, parents, and visitors.
- Perform professionalism in all interactions with school personnel, students, parents, and visitors.
- Prepare for demanding course material as necessary for successful interpretation of instructional activities. This may include reviewing the text, looking up signs, developing supplemental materials for the student or tutoring.
- Assist the teacher with routine classroom duties when it does not interfere with interpreting.
- Provide interpreting services for school functions outside the classroom, extracurricular activities, and other school sponsored activities.
- Maintain an open line of communication with the general education teacher/the teacher of record noting the dear/hard of hearing student's performance in the educational setting.
- Maintain regular attendance.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, and the school community.
- Ability to perform duties with awareness of, and in compliance with, corporation policies and state requirements.
- Work collaboratively with EVSC employees, vendors and community partners in a teamwork-driven environment
- Strive to be innovative in continuously improving processes for district-wide success
- Provide excellent service in all forms of communication with a results-oriented customer-driven focus
- Successful in working effectively and efficiently in a high pressure, time-sensitive environment
- Ability to internally motivate, think critically, and initiate strategic improvement
- Exude a positive and dependable work ethic
- Highly organized with attention to detail
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, textbooks, and government regulations.
Ability to write reports and general correspondence.
Ability, both orally and in writing, to present information effectively and respond appropriately to questions and concerns from individuals and groups of educators, administrators, parents, students, and the general public.
Ability always to communicate using correct grammar.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability, and statistical inference.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
- Ability to define problems, collect and analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form and to understand abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to use available information and develop realistic long-term and short-term plans for curricular goals.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, see, and hear.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to read small print.
- Occasionally required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty pounds.
- Must be able to push items of fifty pounds.
The noise level will vary depending on the daily activity.
It, at times, is very quiet in the classroom but often, as in the cafeteria and/or school assemblies, is moderate to very loud.
The employee must often meet deadlines and must report to class and/or duty assignments on time.
| Special Education Assistant - Interpreter | JobID: 1612 |
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| POSITION DETAILS: | EVSC Special Education Assistants work throughout the school year, beginning one day before school begins and ending on the last day of school. Enjoy your summers off! The schedule is 5 days per week at 7.25 hours per day and follows the EVSC School Board of Trustees approved school calendar. This includes 27+paid holidays throughout the school year! This position will begin in the 2026-27 school year.
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| SALARY: |
The hourly rate for a current EVSC assistant will be based on years of service with EVSC in an assistant role. Annual, incremental pay increases are given for each year of service with the EVSC in this role if an employee has worked 120 days in a school year. New Employees begin on year 1. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BENEFITS: | EVSC offers four Anthem medical insurance plans. You can select a plan that is best for you. Single medical, dental and vision insurance are provided with this position. Employees may pay the additional cost to add family members. Click here to view the rates for each plan. If elected, insurance coverage begins the first of the month following the successful completion of a 30-day probationary period. EVSC employees have access to the EVSC Wee Care Learning Centers. The Wee Care program provides a quality early learning experience for employees' children as young as six weeks through age five at a special employee rate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| REQUIREMENTS: | High school diploma or GED required. Additionally, all new employees are required to complete required online professional development within 60 days of employment. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: | Vacancy is posted first for EVSC Special Education Paraprofessional transfers. If no internal transfer takes place, outside applicants will be reviewed and considered. This position is based upon student enrollment in this school building. Fluctuating student enrollment may make it necessary to move an employee to another school building or reduction in hours. Enrollment is evaluated at the start of a new school year. The EVSC works diligently to ensure employees maintain the position that they are hired for but in some cases, transfers may occur in order to effectively serve EVSC students. |
SUMMARY:
The educational interpreter's role is to facilitate communication between persons who are deaf/hard of hearing and corporation personnel, peers, and invited guests within the educational environment.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.
JOB SPECIFIC SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
ESSENTIAL SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Supervise students.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: 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.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
(A) Completed at least two years of study at an institution of higher education which meets the requirements to obtain an EVSC substitute certificate; or
(B) obtained an associate's degree (or higher); or
(C) met a rigorous standard of quality and can demonstrate knowledge of, and the ability to assist in instructing reading, writing, and mathematics by having passed the state approved formal Para Pro Assessment. Previous experience with students with disabilities is not essential but helpful.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
Meet and maintain permit requirements determined by the state of Indiana for educational interpreters.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
REASONING ABILITY:
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
| QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS OPPORTUNITY? If you have any questions, please e-mail Katie Johnson at [email protected]. You will receive a response within 24-48 hours. |
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-
The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The job description is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position and it does not serve to proscribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned or changed by management.
NONDISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY-
It is the policy of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, national origin, age, limited English proficiency, or disability in its programs or employment policies as required by the Indiana Civil Rights Law (I.C.22-9- 1), Title IV, and Title VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964), the Equal Pay Act of 1973, Title IX (Educational Amendments), the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act and Section 504 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973).
Questions concerning compliance with these laws should be directed to the Title IX Coordinator of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation, 951 Walnut Street, Evansville, IN 47713, phone number 435-8508.
The interview committee will give preference to candidates who, through the interview process, past experience, and references have demonstrated the ability to interact with students, staff, and the community.
Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans and veterans with service-connected disabilities, are encouraged to apply.
