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This page shows a full Paraprofessional resume with notes on each section, alongside 1,893 openings hiring now.

Open jobs

1,893

Most openings

Colorado

Median pay

$38,000

The example

A paraprofessional resume, in full.

Resume

Devon Halloway

Paraprofessional — Elementary Resource and Behaviour Support

Tucson, Arizona

Professional Summary

Paraprofessional supporting six students across two elementary grade levels, working under the resource teacher on reading intervention and behaviour plans. Came to schools from retail management and qualified through the state assessment route.

Experience

Special Education Paraprofessional

Ocotillo Elementary School • Tucson, AZ

Aug 2023 - Present

  • Support six students on IEPs across second and third grade, under the direction of the resource teacher.
  • Deliver the small-group phonics block four mornings a week and record progress against each student's reading goal.
  • Implement two behaviour intervention plans and log antecedent data the team uses at review meetings.

Instructional Assistant, Kindergarten

Palo Verde Unified School District • Tucson, AZ

Sep 2021 - Jun 2023

  • Assisted a kindergarten classroom of twenty-four students, running the daily literacy centre rotation.
  • Covered the room during the teacher's planning period under a substitute permit.
  • Took the district de-escalation training in the first year and became the grade level's informal point of contact for it.

Store Manager

Saguaro Home Supply • Tucson, AZ

Mar 2016 - Jul 2021

  • Managed a team of eleven and the training rota for new staff.
  • Included because scheduling, de-escalating conflict, and documenting incidents are the parts of this work that carried directly into a school.

Education

Pima Community College

Associate of Arts • Education

Aug 2019 - May 2021

Skills

Small-group phonics instructionReading interventionBehaviour intervention plansAntecedent data collectionIEP goal progress monitoringDe-escalationLiteracy centre rotationWorking under teacher directionIncident documentation

Certifications

Arizona Paraprofessional Assessment — Passed

Arizona Department of Education

Jul 2021

Arizona Substitute Teaching Certificate

Arizona Department of Education

Aug 2022

Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Certification

Crisis Prevention Institute

Oct 2024

Section by section

What each part of this resume is doing.

Summary

The summary states which students were supported and in what setting, because a Paraprofessional is hired for a specific assignment rather than a general one.

Experience

Each entry names the supervising teacher's subject and what was delegated. A Paraprofessional who describes only supervision duties reads as an aide; one who names the instruction they delivered reads as staff.

Skills

Skills name the interventions and data collection a Paraprofessional runs directly, not the software the school happens to own.

credentials

The qualifying route is listed explicitly, since a Paraprofessional in a federally funded programme has to meet a specific standard and districts check it before interviewing.

Before you apply

What K-12 hiring committees look for

A school hiring a Paraprofessional looks for evidence you can hold a small group without the teacher present, and that you record what happened. Behaviour support experience moves an application faster than any other line on it.

There are 1,893 open Paraprofessional roles, concentrated in Colorado, with a median of $38,000.

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Common questions

Writing a paraprofessional resume.

The students you supported, the setting, and how you qualified for the role. There are 1,893 open Paraprofessional roles to match it against.

Yes, and many do it as a second career. Lead with the transferable work — supervising groups, de-escalation, record keeping — because a Paraprofessional is judged on those before anything else.

The qualifying route does, and districts apply their own floor on top. Name the assessment or coursework you completed and where, since most Paraprofessional postings sit in Colorado.