School Year 2024-2025
Empower College Prep is seeking a HS SPED Paraprofessional. The HS SPED Paraprofessional will be committed to the mission and values of Empower College Prep.
Empower College Prep began in 2012 with a commitment to be a movement of teachers partnering with parents to transform the educational and life opportunities of their children; and to empower these children to transform their community, their country, and their world.
In 2020, we sent our first graduating class of students to college, expanded to serve grades K-2, and welcomed more than 800 students onto a new, $20 million campus on the I-17 just north of Camelback.
Over the past two years, Empower College Prep has continued to exceed the state and national average for college enrollment despite poverty and the world-wide pandemic. Now, the Charter School is preparing to add preschool and codify its Pre-K - 12 program to ensure consistency and excellence on its Colter campus and additional campuses in future years.
The key to our success is highly effective, highly committed staff who love their jobs, their colleagues, and their students.
SPED Paraprofessional will:
- Be Highly Qualified in compliance with ADE regulations (Required)
- Have an SEI endorsement or SEI certificate (Required)
- Have a valid IVP (Identity Verified Print) fingerprint clearance card (Required)
- Have an associate degree from an accredited college (Required)
- Have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (Preferred)
- Support scholars’ meeting their academic and behavioral goals, which may include pulling individuals or small groups to another location, working with groups in the classroom, or teaching lessons.
- Demonstrate a relentless commitment to fulfilling the mission of Empower College Prep and its values and habits for success.
- Demonstrate a high level of personal integrity, professionalism, and urgent drive to succeed.
- Demonstrate the ability to give and receive constructive feedback.
- Demonstrate the ability to form and maintain positive relationships with students and families and guide students and families through the college readiness and application process.
- Demonstrate humility and perseverance, continually increase effectiveness of your individual practice and your team's performance in ways aligned to the organization's vision, mission, and values.
- Support teachers with clerical duties such as making copies, laminating items, logging data into systems (parent communication, grades in gradebook, etc.), hanging posters, etc.
Minimum qualifications:
- Have an Associates Degree
- Have a valid IVP (Identity Verified Prints) fingerprint clearance card
- Have SPED Paraprofessional experience
Empower College Prep offers competitive salaries and the following benefits package for full-time (30+ hours per week) employees:
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Supplemental Plans (Life, Critical Illness, Cancer, Hospital)
403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
Loan Forgiveness Program
PTO and Sick Time Plans
Paid Holidays
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $38,000.00 - $41,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Grade school specialties:
Physical setting:
Schedule:
Education:
Experience:
- Special education: 1 year (Preferred)
Language:
Ability to Relocate:
- Phoenix, AZ 85015: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person