Educational Assistant IV - Severe Needs (Student Specific)
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; may provide assistance with a variety of daily functions such as behavior support as well as life skills instruction; implement daily and long range lessons; assists students with daily functions such as food preparation, hand over hand or tube feeding, toileting; etc. Collaborates and consults with special needs team and other specialists. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community members and school clientele. Experience in an educational environment preferred; verbal and written communication skills in English and a demonstrated ability to read and comprehend written/graphic and oral instructions; computer skills word processing; database and spreadsheets. The location of this position is based on student need and is subject to change as needed. ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: • Occasional lifting of forty (40) to seventy (70) pounds • Frequent bending, standing, sitting, and walking • Occasional reaching, kneeling, bending, squatting, and standing • Ability to run short distances
Requirements
- Experience in an educational environment preferred
- Verbal and written communication skills in English and a demonstrated ability to read and comprehend written/graphic and oral instructions
- Computer skills word processing, database and spreadsheets
- First Aid & CPR Certification - American Heart Association
- High School or Equivalent (Required)
Responsibilities
- 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.
- 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.
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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
Number of Employees
501-1,000 employees
