2023/2024 Educational Assistant - Functional Skills (LE2) (Special Education)
Full Time
Gresham, OR 97030
Posted
Job description
Position Type:
Classified Special Education/Educational Assistant- Functional Living
Date Posted:
5/4/2023
Location:
Sam Barlow High School
Application Deadline: In-District Bargaining Unit Members May 10, 2023. If position is not filled with a bargaining unit member, outside applicants will be considered thereafter until filled.
Projected Start Date: Approximately August 25, 2023. Exact date to be determined by the district.
Gresham-Barlow School District is complying with Governor Brown's Executive Order requiring all staff to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 unless there is an approved medical or religious exception.
7 hours/day, 187 days/year
Salary Range 13 $22.74 to $31.15/hour
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the desired qualifications as described in a job description. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job. We would encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of our desired qualifications described. If you are unsure whether you meet the desired qualifications of this
position, or how this would be determined, please feel free to contact Human Resources to discuss your application. Preference will be given to those applicants with work or lived experience with culturally, linguistically and racially diverse communities.
The Educational Assistant - Functional Skills provides educational supports through instruction and supervision of students with severe to profound disabilities under the direct supervision of special education teacher, specialist and/or classroom teacher; completes routine clerical tasks for teachers; and assists students by providing for special health care needs. Students may have one or more cognitive, physical, academic, emotional and/or sensory challenges and require intensive services and supports that often include delegated health care needs.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education, Training, Experience, Licensure and Certification
Knowledge of:
Skill in:
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS:
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
o talk and hear conversations in a potentially noisy environment
o use precise control of fingers and hand movement, often in a repetitive motion such as keyboarding
o reach for and handle objects
o use close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
o lifting and transferring immobile students
o physical interventions of small and large students
WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS
Applicants with culturally diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
Gresham-Barlow School District recognizes the diversity and worth of all individuals and groups. It is the policy of this district and the board of education that there will be no discrimination or harassment of individuals or groups in any educational programs, activities or employment. Gresham-Barlow provides equal access to individuals with disabilities.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Classified Special Education/Educational Assistant- Functional Living
Date Posted:
5/4/2023
Location:
Sam Barlow High School
Application Deadline: In-District Bargaining Unit Members May 10, 2023. If position is not filled with a bargaining unit member, outside applicants will be considered thereafter until filled.
Projected Start Date: Approximately August 25, 2023. Exact date to be determined by the district.
Gresham-Barlow School District is complying with Governor Brown's Executive Order requiring all staff to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 unless there is an approved medical or religious exception.
7 hours/day, 187 days/year
Salary Range 13 $22.74 to $31.15/hour
Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every one of the desired qualifications as described in a job description. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job. We would encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of our desired qualifications described. If you are unsure whether you meet the desired qualifications of this
position, or how this would be determined, please feel free to contact Human Resources to discuss your application. Preference will be given to those applicants with work or lived experience with culturally, linguistically and racially diverse communities.
The Educational Assistant - Functional Skills provides educational supports through instruction and supervision of students with severe to profound disabilities under the direct supervision of special education teacher, specialist and/or classroom teacher; completes routine clerical tasks for teachers; and assists students by providing for special health care needs. Students may have one or more cognitive, physical, academic, emotional and/or sensory challenges and require intensive services and supports that often include delegated health care needs.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Education, Training, Experience, Licensure and Certification
- Experience Required: Prior job-related experience, paid or volunteer, with school age children with severe to profound disabilities
- Education Required: Completed associates or higher degree, completed at least two years of study at an institution of higher education (72 college quarter hours or more) or met a rigorous standard of quality and can demonstrate, through a formal state or local academic assessment, knowledge of and ability to assist in instructing reading, writing, and mathematics
- Licenses, Certifications, Bonding, and/or Testing Required: Criminal Justice Fingerprint Clearance and First Aid/CPR card and Bloodborne Pathogen training
Knowledge of:
- Principles of child development
- Instructional practices
Skill in:
- Performing basic clerical functions and basic arithmetic calculations
- Operating standard office equipment as well as computer programs and applications (e.g. email,system applications, word processing, etc.)
- Communicating effectively in English, both verbally and in writing (e.g. correct spelling,grammar and punctuation)
- Read, interpret, and apply rules, regulations, and policies
- Understanding and carrying out verbal and written instructions
- Providing for special health care needs of students
- Understanding and addressing students with special needs
- Rapidly learn methods and materials used in a variety of instructional situations
- Functioning as a self-starter, who works well independently or in a team
- Planning, prioritizing and completing assignments with minimum supervision
- Handling multiple projects, and tasks to meet scheduled deadlines
- Interacting with persons of different age groups and cultural backgrounds
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Works under the guidance and direction of Special Education Teacher, Specialist, and/or classroom teacher with access to assistance and consultation
- Works collaboratively by assisting teachers in implementing individualized lesson plans and/or developing students' daily living and behavioral skills (e.g. hygiene and grooming, communication, social and/or frustration-management skills)
- Provides instructional support to students in large groups, small groups, and one-on-one situations
- Adapts classroom work/homework under the direction of the teacher to support and/or reinforce individual and classroom learning objectives
- Administers first aid and medical assistance (e.g. tube feeding to students, catheterization, toileting, medications, seizure protocols) for the purpose of providing appropriate care for medically fragile, ill and/or injured children
- Maintains specialized and classroom equipment and student's files/records as pertain to special education files/records to ensure a safe and appropriate learning environment
- Monitors individual students, classroom, arrival and dismissal, lunch, mainstreamed and/or playground activities for the purpose of providing a safe and positive learning environment
- Performs record keeping and basic clerical functions, scheduling, copying, etc. to support teachers in maintaining student files written school-to-home communication and providing materials for classroom, small group and/or individual instruction
- Attend training, maintain a valid certificate (if applicable), and utilizes district approved deescalation and physical intervention techniques when needed
- Develops materials for student IEP implementation
- Uses progress monitoring tools under the guidance of the teacher for the purpose of determining student learning outcomes and collects other student performance data as directed by the teacher and/or specialist
- Evaluates situations to take appropriate action and/or direct the situation to the appropriate personnel for resolution
OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS:
- Assists other personnel as may be required for the purpose of supporting them in the completion of their work activities to meet the needs of assigned students and the Special Education program
- Participates in various meetings for the purpose of sharing information and/or improving one's skills/knowledge
- Confers with teachers and specialists for the purpose of assisting in evaluation of students' progress and/or implementing of students' objectives
- Assists with the transportation needs of individual and small groups of students, including arranging for the transportation needs of students, escorting them to and from the bus, safe loading and unloading of busses, use of safety harnesses and wheelchair tie-downs, other measures to ensure students are safely transported to and from school, and may include riding the bus with the student to and from school beginning and ending in a designated location.
- Performs other related duties as determined by the teacher, specialist or school administrator, which are indicated to ensure the physical and emotional well-being of students.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to:
o talk and hear conversations in a potentially noisy environment
o use precise control of fingers and hand movement, often in a repetitive motion such as keyboarding
o reach for and handle objects
o use close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus
o lifting and transferring immobile students
o physical interventions of small and large students
- Bending, stooping/crouching, kneeling and lifting and/or moving up to 60 pounds may also be required on occasion
- Frequent lifting and transferring immobile students continually throughout the day
WORKPLACE EXPECTATIONS
- Maintaining regular and punctual attendance. In case of an absence site and/or district protocol for reporting absences is followed.
- Maintaining appropriate confidentiality regarding information relating to staff, students and parents
- Dress in a professional and appropriate manner for the assignment and the work setting
- Exercising prudent judgment
- Work independently in the performance of routine duties
- Follow all District and school policies and work procedures
- Utilize the District's electronic systems and applications related to the position
- Participate in required meetings and trainings related to the position
- If employee is bilingual, they may be required to interpret, translate documents, and/or communicate orally in the second language
- Cultivate and model a respectful working and learning environment
Applicants with culturally diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Applications must be submitted to Frontline Recruiting and Hiring by the closing date in order to be considered for the position. All employees hired by the District into a position not requiring licensure must be fingerprinted and have a criminal history check completed. The cost is $71.50 and is the responsibility of the employee. This employment is considered probationary pending return of the criminal records check from the FBI and Oregon State Police through the Oregon Department of Education.
Gresham-Barlow School District recognizes the diversity and worth of all individuals and groups. It is the policy of this district and the board of education that there will be no discrimination or harassment of individuals or groups in any educational programs, activities or employment. Gresham-Barlow provides equal access to individuals with disabilities.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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