Substitute - Educational Assistant IV

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 to teachers. May provide assistance with a variety of daily functions such as toileting, feeding, and life skills instruction. 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, and walking
• Occasional reaching, kneeling, bending, squatting, and standing
• Ability to run short distances

Responsibilities

• Documents health related services in Designated Medicaid documentation system for the DCSD School Medicaid Reimbursement Program.
• Support Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals with special education students and assist with daily classroom or lab activities, including both one on one and small group instruction.
• Maintain some student records.
• Collaborate and consult with special education team and other specialists on various activities, planning, and resource allocations for special education students.
• Communicate with parents and other school personnel as needed.
• Provide clerical support for special education teachers which may include preparation of special reports.
• May provide assistance in some therapeutic activities such as speech, massage, and physical therapy.
• May administer medication to students and perform a variety of medical procedures.
• May supervise students in non-classroom settings, assist and escort students, including transferring to and from buses.
• May assist students with a variety of daily functions, such as feeding, toileting, etc. as well as life skills instruction.
• May create and assemble instructional materials such as bulletin boards.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.

Requirements

Education: High School or Equivalent (Required)

Qualifications

First Aid & CPR Certification - American Heart Association

Skills

• Position Type: Substitutes
• Primary Location: Arrowwood Elementary
• One Year Only (Yes Or No): No
• Scheduled Hours Per Week: 0 Fte 0.00
• Scheduled Days Per Year: 0
• Work Days: 260 days indicates a year-round position. Time off [or Off-Track Days] are then granted based on the position. Any exceptions to the normal off-track time will be noted in the Additional Position Details section above, as scheduled work days.
• Minimum Hire Rate: $19.84 USD Hourly
• Maximum Hire Rate: $19.84 USD Hourly
• Full Salary Range: $19.84 USD - $19.84 USD Hourly
• This position is eligible for voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plans.
• This position is eligible for paid sick time.