Substitute Teacher Aide - ESS Direct

We're hiring substitute paraprofessionals to fill immediate openings across New Jersey.

Accepting applications from both certified substitute paraprofessionals and those with no teaching experience. Our hiring coordinators are ready to help you through the entire application and onboarding process.

A substitute paraprofessional assists the classroom teacher to provide extra support to students with special needs, promoting maximum academic and personal growth. The substitute paraprofessional job responsibilities range from supplementing regular classroom curriculum to helping individual students.

Substitute paraprofessionals are also known as school aides, teacher assistants, instructional aides, one-to-one aides, and personal care assistants.

• Provide instructional reinforcement for individual students or small groups of students


• Assist teacher with classroom management and general supervision of the class


• Assist with administrative duties such as setting up equipment and preparing materials


• Supervise students in the cafeteria, schoolyard, specials, hallways, on field trips, and/or during before and after school programs


• Attend to students' physical, personal, academic, and emotional needs


• Support students with special needs by following provisions specified in their IEPs/504 Plans


• Perform other duties as directed by the classroom teacher and school administration

• High School Diploma or GED


• Proficient in English (speaking, reading, writing)

Pay: $13-$22/hr