Para professional vs para educator

The differences between para professionals and para educators can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a para educator has an average salary of $31,394, which is higher than the $28,118 average annual salary of a para professional.

The top three skills for a para professional include para-professional, mathematics and IEP. The most important skills for a para educator are behavioral issues, student performance, and IEP.

Para professional vs para educator overview

	Para Professional	Para Educator
Yearly salary	$28,118	$31,394
Hourly rate	$13.52	$15.09
Growth rate	4%	4%
Number of jobs	90,689	56,897
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	-	-

Para professional vs para educator salary

Para professionals and para educators have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Para Professional	Para Educator
Average salary	$28,118	$31,394
Salary range	Between $20,000 And $38,000	Between $24,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	Glen Cove, NY	Belmont, CA
Highest paying state	Rhode Island	Massachusetts
Best paying company	Schneider Electric Industrial Services	Central Valley School District
Best paying industry	Education	Education

Differences between para professional and para educator education

There are a few differences between a para professional and a para educator in terms of educational background:

	Para Professional	Para Educator
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 51%
Most common major	Business	Psychology
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

Para professional vs para educator demographics

Here are the differences between para professionals' and para educators' demographics:

	Para Professional	Para Educator
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 24.7% Female, 75.3%	Male, 20.4% Female, 79.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 9.5% Unknown, 4.7% Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% Asian, 8.7% White, 58.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%	Black or African American, 5.7% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 18.2% Asian, 8.6% White, 61.4% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.4%
LGBT Percentage	6%	6%

Differences between para professional and para educator duties and responsibilities

Para professional example responsibilities.

Train and manage kindergarten classroom and achieve significant improvements in their productivity.
Perform responsible human support and paraprofessional work assisting classroom teacher or other professionals, achieve institution objectives.
Develop individual educational plans (IEPs) design to promote students' educational, physical, or social development.
Obtain CPI certification through the school district.
Follow ABA procedure by redirecting students when behavior occurs.
Implement learning and ABA programs as written and instruct by the BCBA.

Para educator example responsibilities.

Perform responsible human support and paraprofessional work assisting classroom teacher or other professionals, achieve institution objectives.
Work daily with a small group of 4th grade students in language arts in the morning and mathematics in the afternoon.
Plan and implement lesson and in a k-5 school.
Assist teacher in every aspect of curriculum, CPR certify.
Certify in CPR, first aide, used when necessary.
Certify through CPI to be able to physically restrain when necessary.

Para professional vs para educator skills

Common para professional skills

Para-Professional, 19%
Mathematics, 10%
IEP, 7%
Kindergarten, 6%
CPR, 5%
Crisis Intervention, 4%

Common para educator skills

Behavioral Issues, 10%
Student Performance, 8%
IEP, 8%
Math, 7%
Kindergarten, 7%
School Administration, 6%

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