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Position Type: Paraprofessional - Special Education

Date Posted: 10/15/2025

Location: Northwest Passage High School #4049-07  Coon Rapids, MN 

Closing Date: Open until filled

Paraprofessional - Special Education

Full-time 160 days/7.5 hours/day

Are you ready to move beyond traditional educational paradigms?  Northwest Passage High School is seeking a full-time Science Teacher/Advisor to join our award winning school team of teaching professionals.  

At Northwest Passage High School we are a community of educators that communicate openly and honestly in an effort to reach understanding. We do this through inclusiveness and respect, holding each other and ourselves accountable by upholding mutual decisions, and owning our actions. As educators, we hold ourselves and our students to a standard set of expectations and follow a similar project process, modeling professionalism and working with fidelity.

NWPHS is a national leader in student centered personal learning.  Teacher/advisor candidates need to have an understanding of project based and expeditionary learning, experience working with a diverse group of students and a deep commitment to equity.

Duties:

Seeking to fill a paraprofessional position for the 2025-26 school year. Paraprofessionals at NWPHS have exciting opportunities to work directly with and alongside students as they work in project groups and participate in community-based experiences and field studies. In addition, paraprofessionals are valued as critical members of our team of passionate and progressive educators. Duties include supporting the needs of specific students, keeping detailed daily time logs, observation and data collection, preparing materials for your student(s), working directly with small project and skill groups, and collaborating with other staff who are working with your assigned student(s). Plus, morning and afternoon transportation duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

High school diploma or equivalent.  Ability to work effectively with students with disabilities.  Good communications, interpersonal and recordkeeping skills.  Ability to work cooperatively with students and staff. Ability to take direction and initiative.  Ability to maintain regular attendance, which includes completing an assigned day.  Must be able to lift a minimum of 40 pounds.  Clean driving record and ability to legally transport students for before and after school routes.  Must be physically working in the building.

Institution Description

Northwest Passage is entering its 27th year of operation as a tuition-free public charter school, and we continue to pride ourselves on the quality of our staff. Our focus at the staff level is on hiring adults that have incredible youth development skills experience, understanding of or desire to learn project-based learning, a strong understanding of experiential learning and a commitment to equity and diversity.  We promote a professional learning community that seeks to hone our teaching craft while developing one of the most innovative schools in the nation.

Rate of Pay:

$18.00/hour or up DOQ with k-12 experience

$19.00/hour with AA/AAS or 60 semester/90 quarter credits or up DOQ with k-12 experience.

$20.00/hour with a BA degree or more depending on DOQ with k-12 experience.

Start Date:  As Soon As Possible

Questions about the position:

Please contact Val Miller, Special Education Coordinator vmiller@nwphs.org