New York, NY
see the full file on New York City Public Schools| No experience needed | Substitute paraprofessional: work authorisation plus a high school diploma or GED is the whole entry bar — no college degree. You must be nominated by a school principal, then pass an English speaking and writing assessment and a state classroom-support test. |
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| Union contract | Paraprofessionals, including substitute paraprofessionals, are represented by the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and the substitute day rate is contractual. |
| Degree paid upfront | The Career Training Program gives eligible full-time paraprofessionals tuition assistance, and full-time paraprofessionals can get paid release time for college study — the paraprofessional-to-teacher route. |
| Benefits while part-time | offered |
| Hours a week to qualify | More than 20 hours a week is the line: DOE employees above it can pick from several health insurance plans, some with NO employee contribution at all, plus dental, vision, prescription cover and retiree health benefits. School kitchen posts are advertised as part-time employment WITH full benefits. Day-to-day substitute paraprofessionals, by contrast, are paid per day and get no benefits. |
| Works around classes | School kitchen jobs (School Lunch Helper, Senior School Lunch Helper) are a Monday-to-Friday work week with paid holidays, and are explicitly part-time posts that still carry full benefits — the schedule sits inside the school day and the school year. |
| Pension | Food service workers and other non-teaching DOE staff are in the Board of Education Retirement System (BERS), the city's defined benefit plan for non-pedagogical school employees. It does not replace Social Security — New York City school employees pay into both. Full-time paraprofessionals also get a pension, plus health insurance and paid leave. |
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