{"id":26509,"date":"2024-07-24T20:24:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T02:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-district-plans-pay-raises-training-for-special-education-and-para-positions\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T23:41:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T05:41:09","slug":"mancos-district-plans-pay-raises-training-for-special-education-and-para-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/mancos-district-plans-pay-raises-training-for-special-education-and-para-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Mancos district plans pay raises, training for special education and para-positions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mancos High School in Montezuma County, Colorado where Kasey Armes strives to get local, fresh food on student\u2019s plates. (Ilana Newman\/The Daily Yonder)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The Mancos school district plans to increase pay and update training for special education and para-educator positions in an effort to help students and \u201clessen the burden on all staff,\u201d Superintendent Todd Cordrey said Monday.<\/p>\n

The district also is partnering with San Juan BOCES at the elementary level to support a para-educator to become a registered behavioral technician. To become a RBT, the para-educator will participate in a two-year training program through BOCES\u2019 Board Certified Behavior Analyst that will include supporting the para through supervision and coaching.<\/p>\n

The district said this training will help build the capacity and skills that will target student behaviors that are occurring in the elementary school.<\/p>\n

After completing their training, the RBT will remain in Mancos to \u201cempower collaboration with ESS and general education teams to meet students\u2019 and staffs\u2019 needs,\u201d Cordrey said.<\/p>\n

Now, the district will increase para-educator and special education teacher compensation. They hope the increase will help fill an open position for special education and other open positions in ESS before the start of the upcoming school year.<\/p>\n

Special education teachers will see a salary increase of $7,500 per year, and ESS para-educators will be paid $2 more per hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hope this action will encourage current staff with the ESS endorsement to consider ESS teaching positions and inspire others to seek out the ESS endorsement. We currently have a special-education teaching position open,\u201d Cordrey said.<\/p>\n

Cordrey went on to say this update will continue supporting students and staff, creating a positive start to the upcoming school year.<\/p>\n

\u201cMancos School District is steadfast in its commitment to upholding the highest standard of student services and educational outcomes,\u201d Cordrey said. \u201cThese adjustments will significantly support students and staff for a smooth and productive school year. Mancos is a great place to live and learn because we are dedicated to continuous improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

District said it has been difficult filling the positions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[155,28,83,392,60,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-26509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-education","tag-headlines","tag-mancos","tag-mancos-school-district-re-6","tag-montezuma-county","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79379,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26509\/revisions\/79379"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26509"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=26509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}