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VALDEZ ELEMENTARY ECE-5 Northwest Hours Per Day: 4 Starting Salary: $12.00 per hour School Year: 2016-17   Essential Functions and Objectives:

• The Early Childhood Education Paraprofessional assists with delivery of instruction, care, discipline, and the preparation of instructional materials for three, four and/or five year-old pre-kindergarten students as directed by the ECE classroom teacher. The Early Childhood Education Paraprofessional performs classroom duties which may include but are not limited to preparing instructional materials, assisting with student instruction, care and discipline, and keeping the classroom clean and well-organized.

  Education Requirements:

• Paraprofessionals are required to have transcripts verifying at least 48 semester hours OR a conferred degree from an accredited college or university. If transcripts or a degree are not available, paraprofessionals are required to provide WorkKeys test results AND proof of a High School diploma (or GED). More information regarding the WorkKeys Exams can be found at https://www.ccd.edu/administration/non-academic-departments/testing-center/workkeys-teaching-assistant or WorkKeys tests are available at Emily Griffith Technical College. To find out more visit: http://www.emilygriffith.edu/testing-center. Please note, all foreign transcripts or diplomas must be evaluated by a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services. For a list of approved service providers, visit www.naces.org for more information.

Other information:

• Experience the Power of Together. Something powerful happens when things come together. Especially when those things are unique, cherished and wonderfully diverse—like languages and cultures, families and communities. At Escuela Valdez, our strong dual-language program helps students of all backgrounds realize their full potential by becoming bilingual and bi-literate in English and Spanish, exploring and celebrating diverse cultures and heritage, and advancing achievement in all academic areas. Our teachers work closely together in partnerships to maximize the academic and social potential of all students so they may become self-confident, well-rounded, responsible, and productive learners. Sound like the best of both worlds? It is! 

• Bilingual preferred

  About Denver Public Schools:   Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation.  DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.     Under the leadership of Superintendent Tom Boasberg and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth.  Learn more at dpsk12.org.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.