Temporary 8 Hour Per Day Educational Assistant IV

Bethel School District 52 • Eugene, OR

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About The Position

Bethel School District is seeking qualified applicants for a temporary 8 hour per day Educational Assistant IV at Kalapuya High School. Bethel Schools are committed to creating safe, caring, mutually respectful environments where all students are honored and valued for their diverse cultural backgrounds, strengths and abilities in every instructional practice and school activity to support academic achievement and student success. Nature of Work An Educational Assistant IV provides individual and small group support and personal assistance, often in a standard or special purpose educational program, to students with distinct and exceptional educational needs and challenges as determined by a licensed specialist. The primary purpose of positions in this class, which distinguishes it from positions of other classes, is to screen and assess the educational needs of students, provide instructional assistance to students in a classroom, and charting and recording results. Clerical and word processing or computer data base updating duties may be assigned to positions as time permits, but are not considered primary tasks and do not require a large percentage of time. A position of this class may be assigned full-time to a student with a physical impairment that requires the employee to assist with school tasks the student cannot perform, such as attending class and taking notes; carrying books; adapting written school materials; personal cleanliness and hygiene; administering medication; setting up or operating specially adapted equipment; food preparation and feeding the student; and assisting the student to communicate with teachers, classmates, and others. A position of this class may tutor students, individually or in small groups, providing instructional assistance in a variety of subjects or courses; administers and scores standardized tests; and maintains student records in conformance with government regulations.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Previous course work and training, or child development, childcare or instructional assistance experience that demonstrates possession of the knowledge and abilities needed to perform the work.
• Ability to prove Highly Qualified status under NCLB, or pass Bethel School District “Highly Qualified Assessment.
• Any satisfactory equivalent combination of experience and training that ensures the ability to perform the work may be substituted for the required experience.
• Upon offer of employment applicants must obtain a fingerprint clearance from the Oregon Department of Education through a process authorized by the Bethel School District.
• Applicants would be responsible for the one-time fingerprint clearance fee.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual candidates and candidates experienced in working with bilingual students and families will receive preferential consideration.

Responsibilities

• Determines students' educational needs by assisting a teacher with administering, scoring test results; maintains and updates student daily progress records; keeps records on test scores, grades, attendance and other related data in compliance with government funding and program requirements.
• Assists in developing lesson plans for students, prepares instructional materials, provides instructional assistance to students, tutors students, reads and paraphrases tests, and provides assistance in problem solving skills.
• Provides assistance in language, visual, gross and fine motor, and sensory skills, using a variety of developmental learning materials; develops students' reading, math, spelling, handwriting, art and music skills; performs math and reading timings, charts results in student folders, and updates computer database and other required record keeping.
• Observes and participates in recording student progress and correcting papers, confers and consults regularly with teachers about problems encountered with students, and shares behavioral and academic observations of individual students with the instructor.
• Perform tasks utilizing technology (computers, etc.) for student instruction, learning, and guidance (counseling assistance) in Bethel alternative school settings.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED