Paraeducator for Library Media Center

Your next great opportunity starts here! At New London Public Schools, you'll join a welcoming team that celebrates innovation, values every voice, and empowers you to make a lasting impact on students and the community from day one. Reports to: Principal Pay: $19.29/hr Bargaining Unit: AFT PARAPROFESSIONALS Position Overview: Provides instructional, behavioral, and personal support to K-12 students under the direction of a licensed teacher, helping create a safe, inclusive, and engaging learning environment that promotes student success.

Typical Duties and Responsibilities: Assist with library services, including organizing materials, maintaining resources, and supporting daily library operations. Deliver individual, small-group, and classroom counseling while helping students develop academic plans, organizational skills, and strategies for success. Collaborate with teachers, administrators, families, and community partners to identify student needs, remove barriers to learning, and promote positive student outcomes.

Monitor student progress, attendance, and overall well-being, using data to inform interventions and support student achievement. Promote a safe, inclusive school environment by providing prevention education, responding to student concerns, making appropriate referrals, and fulfilling mandated reporting responsibilities in accordance with state law.

Minimum Requirements: Associate's degree or higher, completion of at least 60 college credits, or a passing score on the Para. Pro Assessment. Preferred Requirements: Bilingual proficiency in Spanish or Haitian Creole highly desirable. Application Process: Apply online through the Frontline Appli. Track portal. Please upload all applicable CSDE certifications, transcripts verifying education, licenses/credentials, and any other required documentation.

A resume/CV and letters of reference may be required for some positions and are strongly encouraged for all applicants.

Benefits

Eligible employees may receive a comprehensive benefits package, which may include health, dental, vision, retirement, paid leave, life and disability insurance, and other fringe benefits. Benefit offerings, eligibility, and terms vary by position and are governed by the applicable collective bargaining agreement, Board of Education policy, and/or individual employment agreement.

Additional information is available on the District's Human Resources website. Mandatory Pre-Employment Screening & Compliance Notice: In accordance with Connecticut state law, all offers of employment at New London Public Schools are conditional upon the successful completion of a comprehensive background screening and sexual misconduct background check.

Candidates must fully comply with the disclosure and employment verification requirements mandated under Conn. Gen. Stat. � 10-222c. Failure to provide the required authorizations, complete the statutory screening process, or meet the district's standards of safety and fitness for employment will result in the immediate disqualification of the applicant or the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO): New London Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with federal and Connecticut state laws, we do not discriminate based on race, color, religious creed, age, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, veteran status, disability, or status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or human trafficking.

We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.