With severely disabled students, paraeducators may be diapering, feeding students and administering physical or occupational therapy. Some clerical skills are necessary in this position for preparation of student materials, charting student progress and observing student behaviors . Paraeducators generally work 181 days, plus 5 paid holidays . Employees are involved in a variety of jobs working with the breakfast and hot lunch programs. Some positions are located in the central kitchens and others are in individual buildings.
Many positions are part time.
The majority of employees in this area are building custodians who are employed to clean the school buildings. Almost all positions are full time and some positions will involve the supervision of other custodial employees. These people are responsible for the maintenance of electrical, plumbing, painting, roofing, and yard work in all buildings in the District.