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Croninger | 5hr Magnet Resource Assistant | Art, Music & Physical Education

Croninger Elementary School

Fort Wayne, IN, USA · Full Time · Music Education

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PURPOSE

Assist teachers with a variety of instructional, clerical, and student management activities.

IMPORTANT DETAILS

• Work Schedule: School year

• Work Hours: Shifts for these positions typically occur within the hours of 7:45am and 3:30pm. Exact start and end times may vary based on the needs of the school.

• Benefits Included: Paid Holidays, Paid Time Off, Basic Term Life Insurance, Optional Direct Primary Care Plan, Various Optional Supplemental Benefits

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Candidate must have a high school diploma or GED. Must have strong office, computer, and oral and written communication skills. Incumbents must possess knowledge of child guidance principles and practices, and basic instructional methods and techniques.

Prefer candidate to be highly-qualified. The paraprofessional can be determined for highly-qualified if he or she has:

• Two years of college experience from an accredited college

• A two-year college degree from an accredited college

• Passed the Para-Pro Assessment

• One year or 1,000 hours of previous employment in a school or working with children

• Passed annual school-level evaluations

• Completed 48 credit hours of college level classes from an accredited college

• Child Development Associate (CDA) credentials

FULL POSITION DESCRIPTION: School Assistant Job Description 6.5.2024.pdf

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Fort Wayne, IN, USA Location Report

By SBO+ Staff · Effective 2026-08-20

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Opportunity and Market

Fort Wayne, IN, USA is evaluated with current IN labor-market evidence because a validated city profile was unavailable. The Census API city profile could not be acquired in this run; the report uses current state labor-market observations and labels their scope explicitly. [2] [3]

Career Outlook

The statewide unemployment rate supplies current labor-market context, but it does not prove demand for this occupation or employer. Occupation-specific scores are omitted. [1]

Compensation

No salary-equivalency or take-home-pay figure is asserted without listing pay and defensible local cost inputs. Federal tax brackets must be applied to the candidate’s actual filing circumstances. [4]

Housing and Cost of Living

HUD Fair Market Rent resources are provided for a housing comparison using the verified worksite or its county. No city rent is asserted when it was not acquired. [5]

Commute

A validated city commute value was unavailable. Confirm the exact worksite, schedule, transit coverage, parking and fuel costs before accepting relocation expenses.

Community Snapshot

State labor-force scale is not evidence of neighborhood safety, culture or community fit; no such inference is made. [3]

Local Economy

Current statewide employment, labor-force and unemployment observations describe the broader labor environment, not a guaranteed city or occupation outcome. [2] [3] [1]

Relocation Considerations

Verify worksite-level housing, commute, taxes, utilities, benefits, contract length and any remote-work restrictions before relocating. [5] [4]

What I Wish I'd Known Before Taking the Job

A healthy statewide labor market does not guarantee that a specialized music education role is easy to replace. Confirm contract stability, nearby housing and the real commute before paying relocation costs. [2] [1]

Methodology

This report uses the latest retrievable BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics for the listing’s state. It explicitly withholds city, occupation and affordability scores when those inputs were not acquired.

Sources and freshness

  1. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective June 2026; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  4. Internal Revenue Service — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  5. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.
  6. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — effective 2026-08-20; retrieved 2026-08-20.