Online Application Process

Please read the information on this page detailing documentation needed to apply, then click link at bottom of page to access the on-line application (certified, classified which includes community ed, nurse and/or substitute positions). Only complete applications can be submitted.

Note: All required documents must be in electronic format (PDF, HTML, RTF or text) and attached to your online application.  You can scan and attach required documents at:

• Your home, OR
• A local copy center, OR
• The PVUSD Human Resources Department
  (We will be happy to scan them for you.)

Failure to provide current, accurate information may result in a delay or inability to hire.

Complete the online administrative application. Include resume, credentials and proof of certification

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Classified applicants (non-teaching) will be required to attach:

• Certificates / licenses (if applicable),
• Three signed letters of recommendation, AND
• Transcripts (if applicable)
  

For licensed childcare programs, three additional letters of recommendation are required.

Some classified positions will require additional licensing information (i.e., CDL for bus driver). If applying for NCLB Para-Educator positions at a Title I school you will be required to provide:

• State notification of a passing score on the Para-Pro Assessment, OR
• Transcripts of Associate of Arts degree, OR
• Transcripts of 60 college credit hours

If hired, the Paradise Valley Unified School District requires that all candidates selected to fill vacancies in the district be fingerprinted prior to the initial date of their employment.  Fingerprinting will be in the District Human Resources Department.

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Please complete the certified employment application if you are:

• Currently a PVUSD certified employee, AND
• Applying for a posted certified job opening

Upon receipt of your application, the Human Resources Department will scan the following documents from your personnel file:

• Valid Arizona teaching or nursing certificate
• Three signed letters of recommendation, AND
• Transcripts
  

OPTIONAL —

• If you have updated documents (certificates, endorsements, etc.) you may come to the PVUSD Human Resources Department and we will scan and attach them to your application for you, OR
• you can scan and attach your updated documents at home or at a local copy center.

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Certified applicants (teacher, school nurse, media specialist, speech therapist, school counselor, school psychologist, curriculum program specialist or occupational therapist) will be required to attach:

• Valid Arizona teaching certificate*,
• Three signed letters of recommendation, AND
• Transcripts
  

* If you have a valid out-of-state teaching certificate, please attach it and contact the Arizona Department of Education for instructions on obtaining an Arizona teaching certificate.

Documentation required for the Provisional SEI Endorsement includes the following:

• Provisional SEI endorsement posted on Arizona Department of Education Certificate, OR
  
  
• Teachers and administrators certified on or after August 31, 2006, must have 3 credit hours in SEI methods posted on a transcript from an accredited institution and listed on the Arizona English Acquisition SEI Approval List
  
  
• Teachers and administrators certified before August 31, 2006, must have 1 semester hour posted on a transcript from an accredited institution and listed on the Arizona English Acquisition SEI Approval Lis, OR 15 clock hours of professional development of Structured English Immersion methods recorded on an official certificate of completion bearing the State seal

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School nurse applicants (BSN/RN) are required to complete the Certified application and attach the following documentation:

• A copy of your State of Arizona School Nurse certificate*
• Your Arizona State Board of Nursing certificate, AND
• Three signed letters of recommendation, AND
• Transcripts

* If you have a valid out-of-state nurse certificate, please attach it.

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The substitute teaching pool for the 2008-09 school year is nearing capacity. As a result, we are currently accepting applications from individuals with the following experience:

• Prior teaching experience
• Prior substitute-teaching experience

Consideration will be made for applicants seeking teaching certification if they are actively participating in a teacher preparation program.

Substitute teacher applicants will be required to complete the on-line substitute application and attach:

• Valid Arizona substitute or valid Arizona teaching certificate
• Three signed letters of recommendation (dated within the last two years)
• Copy of your current fingerprint clearance card
• Proof of a Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) immunization, if you were born after December 31, 1956
• Copy of a social security card OR birth certificate or passport
• Copy of a valid driver’s license

If selected, you will be notified of the date and time of the required visiting teacher orientation.  At that time you will be required to bring:

• Current fingerprint clearance card
• Original social security card, OR original birth certificate, OR passport

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Substitute Nurse applicants will be required to complete the on-line substitute application and attach:

• A copy of your nursing license
• Three signed letters of recommendation (dated within the last two years)
• Proof of a Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR) immunization, if you were born after December 31, 1956.
• Copy of a social security card OR birth certificate OR passport
• Copy of a valid driver’s license

If selected, you will be notified of the date and time of the required visiting nurse orientation.  At that time you will be required to bring:

• Current fingerprint clearance card
• Original social security card, OR original birth certificate, OR passport
• Original nursing license
• CPR card

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Administrators screen applications and contact selected applicants for an interview.  Please do not call the school or site.

If you are recommended for hire by the school or site administrator, the Human Resources Department will contact you to officially offer you employment. 

Note:  Only the Human Resources Department is authorized to make offers of employment.

Once you have accepted employment, you must attend a “New Hire” orientation.  A Human Resources Technician will contact you to explain this orientation process in more detail.

For more information contact:

Paradise Valley Unified School District
Human Resources Department
15002 N. 32nd Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85032

602-449-2000

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