Date Posted: 2/20/2026
Location: Moffat County High School
Date Available: August 2026
Job Title: SpEd Paraprofessional
Reports to: Designated Principal
Location: Moffat County High School
Date of Availability: August 2026
Date Closing: Open Until Filled
Position: SpEd Paraprofessional
Moffat County High School is looking to fill a SpEd paraprofessional position.
Job Summary:
A paraprofessional-Teaching Assistant will assist the classroom teacher in helping students learn and/or stay safe.
Salary:
$17.68 - $27.40 per hour - Aide Classified Salary Schedule, dependent upon experience.
Education and/or Experience: Data collection skills, ability to follow direction, flexible, positive, works well with kids and a team, professional.
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.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Assists in teaching students how to become independent and responsible at school
Assists with specialized needs that may include behavior, learning, self-help skills and/or communication.
Assures that students learn at their own level and have their specialized needs met
Collect or gather data
Run small learning groups
Prepare or set up activities and materials for the next rotation, period or day, help students with self-care tasks
Monitor students during class, transitions, lunch or breaks
Providing instructional support individually or in small groups
Providing one-on-one instruction
Meet with teachers
Provide accommodations for students to have access to classroom instruction
Other duties as assigned
Supervisory Responsibilities: Student or Students as assigned and needed by teacher.
Benefits include:
PERA retirement, paid time off, short and long term disability, other optional benefit elections. Employees who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week as defined by their position are also eligible for the district's health insurance.
Additional information:
Salary/pay rate is determined based on position classification and employee's qualifications and experience relevant to the job description requirements. Full pay range may be found on the appropriate salary schedule.
Language Skills:
Ability to read, write and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in a one-on-one and small groups situation to students, staff, parents and administrators.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Other Skills and Abilities:
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, peers, parents and community; ability to speak clear and concisely in written or oral communication.
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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to run; stoop and kneel. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50lbs. The employee must occasionally push items of 75lbs. or more, such as pushing children on a bike or moving/rearranging furniture. Specific vision abilities required by this include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described below 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. These employees spend most of their coaching time inside. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud and is a standard acceptable level for this environment.
In compliance with Title VI & VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and Colorado law, Moffat County School District RE-1 does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability or need for special education services in admissions, access to, treatment, or employment in educational programs or activities which it operates. English speaking ability will not be a barrier to participation and admission to District programs. Complaint procedures have been established for students, parents, employees or need for special education services. The following person(s) have been identified as the compliance officer for the District. Compliance Officer for Title IX – Megan Caughey, 600 Texas Ave, Craig, CO 81625, 970-826-6410, megan.caughey@moffatsd.org.
