Lunch/Special Education Support Professional - 0.25 FTE at Hawthorne Elementary

$1,000 Sign-On Bonus Available! Join the team at Hawthorne Elementary, where we nurture relationships, celebrate diversity, and create a safe, healthy environment for all. Our dedicated staff works together to support students' social and academic growth, ensuring they have the tools to succeed. If you're passionate about making a difference in a collaborative and caring school community, we'd love to have you on board!

Learn more about Hawthorne Elementary at: https://www.sf.k12.sd.us/o/htes

Requirements

• Two years of post high school education or higher, or ability to pass a standardized test approved by the state of South Dakota, for designated Education Assistant positions.
• At least one year of work experience in a position requiring interpersonal interaction skills and knowledge of strategies to support students with social, emotional, and behavior needs.
• Experience with behavior management.

Physical Requirements

• Requires constant hand-eye and mind-eye coordination, hearing, frequent bending over, crouching, reaching, removing, speaking, standing, stooping, talking, threading, turning and walking.
• Frequent carrying, grasping, holding, lifting, opening, pulling, unfolding and unlocking are also required.
• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally.

Responsibilities

Lunch Education Support Professional

• Monitors and responds to student behavior at meal times.
• Reports incidents requiring discipline.
• Assists with playground equipment.
• Serves lunches, helps with clean up.
• Administers first aid.
• May be requested by administration to transport students using personal vehicle.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Special Education Support Professional

• Escorts students to transportation and other areas of the building.
• As needed provides personal care to students with special daily living needs (e.g., toileting, feeding, physical management).
• Provides review and practice of skills taught by a teacher with students 1:1 and in small groups in special education classroom and/or regular classroom.
• Works with students in schools and on community outings.
• Prepares instructional materials as directed/selected by teacher.
• Reinforces instructional/behavioral objectives.
• Provides clerical assistance to maintaining student records (charting, assignments, attendance, data for progress notes).
• Assists with the supervision of students during recess, lunchroom, and on the playground.
• Maintains the confidentiality of students and their families.
• Reinforces instructional and behavioral objectives for children.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Pay

• Starting at $18.42 per hour
• Pay Day: Last working day of each month, based on the payroll cutoff schedule.

Schedule

• Monday through Friday, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm with a 30 minute unpaid lunch
• 0.25 FTE, 10 hours per week, 9 months
• 2026-2027 Education Support Professional without Benefits