Hybrid Educational Assistant at West Ottawa Public Schools

Notice of Support Staff Posting
 
Position:                      Educational Assistant                                                Posting # 3823

    
• Riley Farms Elementary School

    
• Supporting Teacher:     
  • Assists teacher with everyday tasks
  • Assist with parents and students in communicating information from and/or to the teacher
  • Help create a safe and inviting environment
  • Assist in the supervision of students
      
      
    
• Instructional Assistant:     
  • Work with small group of students to reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher
  • Interact with cooperative work groups and assist with group instruction
  • Provide immediate feedback to students concerning their learning as directed
  • Care of and create materials for classroom use
  • Assis with non-instructional classroom duties; i.e snacks clothing, etc
      
      
    
• Playground Responsibilities:     
  • Supervises students at play-time on the playground and maintains a harmonious atmosphere on the playground
  • Follows prescribed disciplinary procedures used in the classroom and building
  • Directs and supervises movement of groups to and from the playground
  • Cares for and inspects playground equipment to ensure safety
  • Performs any other tasks as deemed appropriate by the building principal and/or the teacher
      
      

    
• Accountability:     
  • Under the direction of and reports to the Building Principal
      
      
    
• Essential Functions, Scope:     
  • To assist principal, teacher, peers and students to support quality instruction and to provide a safe, caring and enjoyable learning environment with individual students or small groups to help them achieve success
      
      
    
• Training/Education Requirements:     
  • High School Diploma
  • Must possess computer skills
  • Demonstrate aptitude for the work to be performed
  • Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable
      
      

    
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
    
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
    
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
    
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken work; those activities where detailed or import spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

    
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
    
• Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
    
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
    
• The worker should provide consistent and reliable attendance.