Educational Assistant IV - Affective Needs

Douglas County School District • Parker, CO

3d

About The Position

Responsible for providing assistance to special education teachers. Assists in the instruction, medical, and health needs of special education students. Provides some clerical support to teachers. May provide assistance with a variety of daily functions such as toileting, feeding, and life skills instruction. Collaborates and consults with special needs team and other specialists. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community members and school clientele. ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: • Occasional lifting of forty (40) to seventy (70) pounds • Frequent bending, standing, sitting, walking • Occasional reaching, kneeling, bending, squatting, or standing • Ability to run short distances

Requirements

• First Aid & CPR Certification - American Heart Association
• High School or Equivalent (Required)

Responsibilities

• Provide clerical support for special education teachers which might include preparation of special reports.
• Support Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals with special education students, assist with daily classroom or lab activities, including one on one and small group instruction.
• May assist students with a variety of daily functions, such as feeding, toileting, etc. as well as life skills instruction.
• May provide assistance in some therapeutic activities such as speech, massage, and physical therapy.
• Document health related services in designated Medicaid documentation system for the DCSD School Medicaid Reimbursement Program as assigned.
• Maintain some student records.
• May create and assemble instructional materials such as bulletin boards.
• May administer medication to students and perform a variety of medical procedures.
• Communicate with parents and other school personnel as needed.
• Collaborate and consult with special education team and other specialists on various activities, planning and resource allocations for special education students.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
• May supervise students in non-classroom settings, assist and escort students, including transferring to and from buses.

Benefits

• This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.
• This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED