Educational Assistant I

Job Description

Provides assistance to teachers in working with students, clerical tasks, and other functions. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community members and school clientele.

Essential Physical Requirements

• Occasional lifting, five (5) to fifty (50) pounds
• Ability to stand/walk for ninety (90) minutes
• Frequent bending, stooping, walking, standing, kneeling, crawling, squatting, reaching, and sitting

Responsibilities

• Assist teachers with classroom assignments for the purpose of supporting teachers in the instructional process.
• Assist students, individually or in small groups, with lesson assignments for the purpose of practicing and/or reinforcing learning concepts and assisting students in reaching academic goals and grade level standards.
• Mediate student conflicts to ensure a safe educational environment.
• Administer minor first aid for the purpose of meeting immediate health care needs.
• Report observations and incidents relating to specific students (e.g. accidents, fights, appropriate and inappropriate social behavior, violations of rules, safety conditions, etc.) for the purpose of communicating information to appropriate instructional and/or administrative personnel.
• Perform general clerical tasks for the purpose of assisting teachers with instructional material.
• Maintain instructional materials and/or manual and electronic files/ for the purpose of ensuring availability of items, and/or meeting mandated requirements.

Certifications

• First Aid & CPR Certification - Colorado Education High School or Equivalent (Required)

Benefits

• 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