Educational Assistant (EAIV) - Affective Needs (AN) Program

Provides specialized, intensive, and individualized support to students with Affective Needs (AN), who exhibit complex emotional, behavioral, and mental health challenges. As a critical member of the special education team, is primarily responsible for implementing crisis intervention strategies, facilitating emotional regulation, and fostering a safe, structured, and therapeutic learning environment. 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

Equipment & Vehicles Used

• General classroom equipment

Essential Environmental Demands

• Mostly clean and comfortable
• Some classroom level noise

Responsibilities

Emotional & Behavioral Support

• Implement student-specific crisis intervention and de-escalation strategies with fidelity, adhering to established protocols (e.g., Nonviolent Crisis Intervention - CPI)
• Provide consistent and calm support to students during moments of emotional distress or behavioral crisis, facilitating a return to regulation
• Assist students with developing and utilizing social-emotional learning (SEL) and coping skills, and support their appropriate use of a sensory/safe room or designated therapeutic space
• Implement student-specific Positive Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPs), focusing on proactive strategies and teaching replacement behaviors
• Collect and maintain accurate daily data on student behavior and emotional progress as required by the IEP team

Program & Safety Support

• Maintain a high level of situational awareness to proactively identify and address escalating behaviors in the classroom and throughout the school
• Collaborate closely with the Special Education Teacher, School Psychologist, School Counselor, Social Worker, and other mental health professionals to ensure a unified approach to student support
• Ensure the immediate safety and well-being of all students, responding effectively to all safety and crisis concerns
• Respect confidentiality regarding student needs and abilities

Instructional Support

• Assist the Special Education Teacher with the implementation of the Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals related to social, emotional, and academic development
• Support students in accessing the curriculum, completing assignments, and managing the demands of the school environment, including tasks that are modified or accommodated based on the IEP
• Facilitate restorative practices and social skills groups as directed by the teacher or school mental health professionals
• Support students' successful transition and integration into the general education setting by providing scaffolding and emotional support

Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

Requirements

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

Skills

• Demonstrated ability to remain calm, objective, and effective during student crises or high-stress behavioral situations
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and collaborative skills, with an emphasis on therapeutic and non-judgmental communication
• Willingness and ability to complete required training in crisis management and maintain physical certification

Pay

Minimum hire rate: $19.84 USD hourly
Maximum hire rate: $25.20 USD hourly
Full salary range: $19.84 USD - $30.55 USD hourly
All salary amounts listed are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.

Schedule

• Regular position
• Scheduled hours per week: 37.5
• FTE: 0.94
• Approx scheduled days per year: 180 work days

Benefits

• Eligible for health, vision, dental insurance
• 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
• Paid sick and personal time