Educational Assistant IV - Severe Needs

About the Role

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 behavior support, life skills instruction, and implementation of daily and long-range lessons. Assists students with daily functions such as food preparation, hand-over-hand or tube feeding, and toileting. Collaborates and consults with the special needs team and other specialists. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community members and school clientele.

Responsibilities

• Assist students with daily functions such as food preparation, hand-over-hand or tube feeding, toileting, and life skills instruction.
• Collaborate and consult with the special needs team and other specialists on activities, planning, and resource allocations.
• Administer and document prescription medication to students and perform medical procedures.
• Provide assistance in therapeutic activities as prescribed by a therapist and assist in documentation of progress and services.
• Supervise the classroom in the absence of the teacher.
• Assist and escort students in bus transference, which may involve lifting children and/or equipment.
• Provide assistance to students in non-classroom settings.
• Communicate with parents and other school personnel as needed while respecting student confidentiality.
• Document health-related services in the designated Medicaid documentation system for the DCSD School Medicaid Reimbursement Program as assigned.
• Support daily and long-range lessons and activities under the direction of a certified teacher to meet Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

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

• High School diploma or equivalent (required).
• Experience in an educational environment preferred.
• Verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Demonstrated ability to read and comprehend written, graphic, and oral instructions.
• Computer skills including word processing, database, and spreadsheets.

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 are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE; part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.

Schedule

• Scheduled hours per week: 37.5
• FTE: 0.94
• Approximate scheduled days per year: 180 work days (not a year-round position).

Benefits

• Eligible for health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and 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.

This position is based at Soaring Hawk Elementary and is not a one-year-only role. The location is subject to change based on student need.