21st Century Charter School at Gary·Gary, Indiana
The SPED Paraprofessional assists teachers in coordinating lessons and activities, maintaining discipline, and providing support to students. They work under the direction of the Resource Teacher and collaborate with general education teachers.
Description GEO Academies is a national, non-profit network of open-enrollment, public charter schools committed to empowering students to accelerate their academic pathways, advance their social mobility, and achieve their career and lifelong goals.
Our innovative and award-winning K-16 GEO Academies Model begins with personalized, competency-based learning and accelerates students into post-secondary immersion as early as 9th grade.
GEO Academies students have the opportunity to earn a full college degree or career credential even before graduating from high school - at no cost to families.
About Us: 21st Century Charter School at Gary is a free K-12+ public charter school.
We are building a team of excellence.
We are the top performing charter school in Gary, Indiana.
We are one of the few Indiana schools offering an early college program, which allows our qualifying high school students to take real college courses for real college credit, free of charge to our students and their families.
Our curriculum and our teaching methods are designed using Core Knowledge in K-8, Project Lead the Way beginning in middle school, and a blended learning model in middle school through high school.
We are a TAP school!
Please join us if you are committed to excellence, mission driven, and ready to take 21st Century Charter School @ Gary to uncommonly high levels of achievement!
Our teachers cultivate in our students the critical thinking skills they will need to understand how the world around them works and to become leaders and agents of positive change in the world.
Director of SPED This is a 10-month position.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Associates Degree or higher (32 credit hours or higher) At least two years’ experience working with urban children
Market context
In Indiana, Classroom Assistant roles are often tied to student support needs in schools serving diverse classrooms, so demand can be steady where districts are expanding intervention and inclusion support. These roles are competitive because employers commonly look for an Associate's Degree or higher, relevant experience with urban children, and a clear fit with the school mission. Before applying, compare the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform with the original posting, and be ready to show specific examples of classroom support and mission alignment.
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