VAPA Paraeducator

Application Deadline: June 1, 2026
Work Months: 9.5
Hours:  6.0 hours per day, 5 days a week
Salary: $20.32 to $24.66 per hour
Anticipated Start Date: August 6, 2026

We are seeking a dedicated and student-centered Visual and Performing Arts Paraeducator to support students and teachers in creating an engaging, inclusive, and creative learning environment. The ideal candidate is passionate about the arts, enjoys working with students, and willing to assist teachers in organizational and instructional support.

About FCUSD
FCUSD is a growing public school district focused on hiring and retaining excellent staff that represent the communities we serve. Our staff are expected to inspire excellence in all students by supporting their social-emotional wellness and academic growth. We work as a team to create welcoming and inclusive environments at our school sites and district office, with a focus on customer service and system improvement. Staff who choose FCUSD will be supported as they learn their job and opportunities to grow as a professional will be provided. Working in FCUSD is more than a job, it is a career.

Job Announcement  VAPA Paraeducator Job Description
Under general supervision and direction of the site administrator, the VAPA Paraeducator assists the teacher in arts education instruction to students in a classroom or other learning environments; provides support in the planning and preparing of VAPA standard-based curriculum, appreciation and skills. Monitoring students within the classroom and other assigned areas; implementing lessons and assisting with group and individual student instruction; collaborating with the teacher in addressing instructional and classroom issues; and responding to student inquiries for help.

Distinguishing Characteristics:
Utilizing appropriate art media and technology, provides standards-based instruction to students enabling them to communicate ideas, images, symbols, and feelings in visual forms. Employs an array of media for expressions such as crayons, chalk, various types of paints, clay, tissue paper, yarn, etc. Employs techniques and provides opportunities for learners to recognize, identify, and utilize qualities for learners in visual work such as line, color, shape, intensity, texture, and contrast. Provides age-appropriate and standards-aligned dramatic reading and theater-like experiences that build on the listening and speaking standards set forth in the common core standards. In cooperation with classroom teachers and colleagues, provides opportunities for the development of dance group and individual and movement skills.

Minimum Qualifications: 
Education:  
• Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade.
• Two (2) or more years’ experience in an art discipline domain (i.e., dance, media arts, music, theatre, and/or visual arts) preferred.
• Successful completion of District Proficiency Test

Experience: 
• Experience working in an artistic discipline.
• Experience working with TK-12 students.
• Experience in presenting workshops and/or facilitating groups.

Upon Conditional Offer of Employment:

• DOJ and FBI Criminal Background Check

• TB Test within the last 60 days (Education Code 49406, Assembly Bill 1667)

• Complete district Mandated Reporter training, Sexual Harassment, etc.

• Must obtain and maintain a First Aid/CPR Certificate (In-Person Training ONLY)

• Pre-Employment Physical Evaluation conducted through the District (Minimum 50 pounds)

Physical Requirements:
Physical abilities: include the usual and customary methods of performing the job’s functions and require the following physical demands: occasional lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling; some climbing and balancing, some stooping, kneeling, crouching; reaching, handling, touching and/or feeling; manual dexterity to operate a telephone and enter data into a computer.
Significant physical abilities: include ability to sit at a desk, conference table, work with students who may be in chairs or desks that are low to the ground, or in meetings of various configurations for extended periods of time; see and read, with or without visual aids, laws and codes, rules, policies and other printed matter, computer screens and printouts; hear and understand speech at normal room levels and hear and understand speech on the telephone; speak in audible tone