Every Special Education Paraeducator has the opportunity to join a team of motivated, mission-driven teammates who are committed to taking responsibility for their students' learning. Special Education Paraeducators are charged with providing a rigorous, fast-paced, and highly structured learning environment for their scholars. We are looking for a highly qualified Special Education Paraeducator to join our school team. The primary responsibility of the individual in this role will be supporting a student individually with specific educational, social and emotional needs.
Candidates that are selected for an interview will receive additional information regarding the specific roles and responsibilities.
Why Hiawatha?
Hiawatha Academies is a network of college-preparatory schools focused on closing the opportunity gap in Minneapolis. We seek to create a K-12 school experience for scholars that empowers them with knowledge, character, and leadership skills. At Hiawatha Academies, we are committed to making our city and our world a more inclusive, equitable, and just place.
Our equity vision: to honor the humanity of all people, we actively disrupt systemic inequity in pursuit of an equitable world. Hiawatha Academies permanently disrupts educational inequity by ensuring a great school for every child.
All Hiawatha Staff must demonstrate a passionate belief in and commitment to the following core values:
1) Children are at the center of everything we do.
2) Our mission requires bold thought and action.
3) We choose optimism.
4) We push ourselves to improve.
5) We are stronger together.
6) We create fun and a little weirdness.
Perks: Professional Development is scheduled into the calendar year and provides a time for all campuses to come together and celebrate our success.
Application Timeline: This Notice of Vacancy will be posted until filled.
Salary Range: $35,693-$51,694
Application Timeline: This Notice of Vacancy will be posted until filled.
We believe that diversity is strength, and we are committed to maintaining an inclusive, multicultural network. We are an equal-opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants.
Hiawatha Academies is a growing network of top-performing, open-enrollment, public charter schools for grades K-12. We are driven by our mission that all Hiawatha Academies scholars will be empowered with the knowledge, character and leadership skills to graduate from college and serve the common good.
Our core values
1) Children are at the center of everything we do
We take responsibility for the well-being of each child and empower them to reach their hopes and dreams. We know all children can and will succeed if we do our part.
2) Our mission requires bold thought and action
Hiawatha Academies recognizes that in order to empower young scholars to be tomorrow’s leaders, we must think innovatively and act boldly.
3) We choose optimism
Hiawatha Academies students, scholars and parents choose optimism daily, with the belief that we can do anything we set our minds to.
4) We push ourselves to improve
Scholars and teachers of Hiawatha Academies embody determination and relentless pursuit in the face of the economic, social, and political obstacles today’s scholars face.
5) We are stronger together
We are a community working together to ensure all our students have access to a quality education Scholars and staff members are encouraged to make decisions that will benefit the entire team.
6) We create fun and a little weirdness
Hiawatha Academies believes that even in rigorous scholarship, there should be room for fun. We create an environment that allows our scholars to be themselves, quirks and all, and in which our teachers can create and have fun.
