Special Ed Assistant - Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at West Ottawa Public Schools

Notice of Support Staff Posting
Position:                      Special Ed Assistant – Autism Spectrum Disorder                Posting # 3887
                                     -Lakewood Elementary                                                         
Posting Dates:             November 3, 2025 – Until Filled
Reports To:                 Principal
Beginning:                   November 17, 2025
Hours:                         35 hours per week
                                    8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
                                    Monday – Friday
                                    School Year/Full Time
 
 
Job Responsibilities:

• Assist the classroom teacher in implementing Individualized Education Programs (IEPs).
• Provide one-on-one or small group instruction and reinforcement of skills.
• Support inclusion by helping students participate in general education settings.
• Implement behavior intervention plans (BIPs) as directed.
• Monitor and redirect student behavior using positive strategies.
• Provide emotional support, breaks, encouragement, and redirection as needed.
• Collect behavioral data for teacher/IEP team review.
• Help students with, toileting, or hygiene routines (if needed)
• Ensure student safety at all times, including monitoring for medical needs or seizures.
• Maintain regular communication with the supervising teacher about student progress and concerns.
• Participate in team meetings, training sessions, and professional development.
• Work collaboratively with general education staff to support student inclusion.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding student information.
• Supervise students during transitions, recess, lunch, or field trips.
• Assist in data collection for academic and behavioral progress monitoring.
• Support use of assistive technology and specialized equipment.

• CPI trained or willing to be trained in CPI
• Good communication/collaboration skills with staff and students
• Able to be flexible and adjust quickly to the needs of the day
• Experience working with children with disabilities is preferred.
• Willing to work in cold weather

• 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.