Educational Assistant

Qualifications

• Experience working with children on academics

Job Responsibilities

• Support students in reading, writing and/or math
• Aids teacher with everyday tasks
• Aid in communication between parents and students
• Create a safe and inviting environment
• Supervise students during playtime

Other Information

• Able to be flexible and adjust quickly to the needs of the day
• Supervises students at play-time on the playground and maintains a harmonious atmosphere on the playground
• Performs any other tasks as deemed appropriate by the building principal and/or the teacher

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
• The worker should provide consistent and reliable in-person attendance.