Educational Assistant I

Douglas County School District•Parker, CO
•$17 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

Provides assistance to teachers in working with students, completing clerical tasks, and performing other functions. Develops and promotes good community relations among community members and school clientele. The position is based at Gold Rush Elementary, is scheduled for 35 hours per week and approximately 176 work days per year, and has an FTE of 0.88. It is not a one-year-only position. The listed minimum hire rate is $16.78 per hour and the maximum hire rate is $21.32 per hour; the full salary range is $16.78 to $25.86 per hour. Salary amounts are based on a full-time 1.0 FTE, and part-time salaries are prorated according to assigned FTE. The position is eligible for health, vision, and dental insurance; health savings and flexible spending accounts; district-paid and voluntary supplemental life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance; short- and long-term disability; voluntary critical illness and accident insurance; an employee assistance program; voluntary 401(k), 403(b), and 457 retirement plan options; and paid sick and personal time.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • Colorado First Aid and CPR certification.
  • Occasional lifting of 5 to 50 pounds.
  • Ability to stand or walk for 90 minutes.
  • Ability to run short distances.
  • Frequent bending, stooping, walking, standing, kneeling, crawling, squatting, reaching, and sitting.

Responsibilities

  • Mediate student conflicts to help ensure a safe educational environment.
  • Report observations and incidents relating to students, including accidents, fights, social behavior, rule violations, and safety conditions, to appropriate instructional or administrative personnel.
  • Perform general clerical tasks to assist teachers with instructional materials.
  • Monitor individual students and groups in settings such as classrooms, playgrounds, field trips, libraries, lunchrooms, and bus loading and unloading areas to provide a safe and positive learning environment.
  • Maintain instructional materials and manual and electronic files to ensure availability and meet mandated requirements.
  • Assist teachers with classroom assignments in support of the instructional process.
  • Help students individually or in small groups with lesson assignments to practice or reinforce learning concepts and support academic goals and grade-level standards.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
  • Administer minor first aid to address immediate health care needs.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Health savings account (HSA)
  • Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
  • District-paid and voluntary supplemental life insurance
  • Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
  • Short- and long-term disability insurance
  • Voluntary critical illness and accident insurance
  • Employee assistance program (EAP)
  • Voluntary 401(k), 403(b), and 457 retirement plan options
  • Paid sick and personal time
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