Who We Are

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh largest school district in California, serving more than 57,000 students who speak more than 44 documented languages across 132 schools in the city of San Francisco every year. We aim for every student who attends SFUSD schools to discover his or her spark, along with a strong sense of self and purpose. Our goal is that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career, equipped with the skills, capacities and dispositions outlined in SFUSD’s Graduate Profile. Every day in our quest to achieve this mission we provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21st century.

What It Means to Work Here

When you join our team at SFUSD you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative and equity-focused organization that approaches public education as a social justice movement, requiring broad collaboration across an array of strategic partners. In 2014, SFUSD created an inspiring statement, Vision 2025, which captures our aspirations and vision for the future of public education in San Francisco. Alongside the District’s strategic plan, Transform Learning. Transform Lives. SFUSD is reimagining how public education will change over the next decade to meet the dynamic future of San Francisco. As a CORE district, SFUSD is also a leader in critical systems change for more comprehensive school accountability and innovations that help strengthen the instructional core, which is the foundation of our strategic plan and Vision 2025. 

Who We Want

Specialized physical health care procedures will be performed under the direct or indirect supervision of a credentialed school district nurse, after completion of a training module designed within the parameters of the California School Nurse Organization’s
Green Book:  Guidelines for Specialized Physical Healthcare Services in School Settings,
2nd Edition, 2011. Physical health care procedures can only be executed after demonstrating competency performing the procedures. A skill-based demonstration of competency will be required yearly.

To provide specialized physical health care procedures to Students who are eligible for Special Education and Section 504 services; to maintain records and documents related to the provision of physical health care procedures.

Minimum Qualifications

One of the following: An Associate’s Degree or higher, 48 college units, or successful completion of CBEST.
-    Successful completion of Community First Aid and Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training every two years (funded through district).
-Successful annual completion of one or more training modules of the following physical health care procedures:
•    Gastrostomy tube feeding without medication
•    Blood glucose testing using student’s glucometer
•    Administration of asthma medication via nebulizer and/or spacer
•    Completion of at least one training module for physical health care needs such as routine mouth suctioning, catheterization, routine oxygen, G-tube pump.E3

Desired Qualifications

• Knowledge of teaching methods, use of instructional media, test scoring, school rules and regulations, behavior support strategies and positive behavior interventions. 
• Demonstrated skill in working with students who have been designated as having physical or mental, including behavioral, impairments. 
• Ability to act quickly and effectively in emergencies, work with and relate to all individuals within the culturally diverse environment of SFUSD, as well as develop and maintain effective, courteous communications with students, staff and public. 
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings (classroom and small groups) while safeguarding confidentiality. 

Salary Information

Starting at $30.00 per hour + $1.49 FWEA

How to Apply

• Go to: careers.sfusd.edu/
• Create an account and complete an application.
• Go to the “Apply to Jobs” tab to view and apply for specific openings.

Please check back often to connect your application to specific openings as they are posted. Applicants will be contacted based on the needs of the district. For more information about careers at SFUSD, please visit careers.sfusd.edu/. For more information about SFUSD’s mission and Strategic Plan please visit www.sfusd.edu. For other questions, contact us at paraeducators@sfusd.edu.

Non-Discrimination Policy

San Francisco Unified School District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; or on the basis of a person’s association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. This policy extends to San Francisco County Office of Education, including community school programs and activities. For more information about the District's non-discrimination policy, please review Board Policy 4030.