26-27 SY Pre-K Educational Assistant

Young World Physical Education; Deming (NM); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Young World Physical Education in Deming is seeking an Educational Assistant to provide instructional and clerical support for special education students. Responsibilities include adapting educational materials to meet student needs, assisting teachers with classroom activities, and supervising students during breaks.

The ideal candidate will hold a high school diploma or GED, and have prior experience in special needs environments. Enrollment in early childhood education courses is required within two years.

Qualifications

• Must enroll in courses leading to an associate's degree in early childhood education.
• Prior classroom experience in special needs settings preferred.
• Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide instructional and clerical assistance to teachers.
• Accompany students and adapt instructional materials.
• Assist with students' health care needs.

Skills

Educational and personal care needs of students

Ability to communicate effectively

Knowledge of child discipline

Education

High school diploma or GED

Educational coursework in special needs

Job description

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Summary

Provides instructional and/or general clerical assistance to teachers with special education students in the classroom, a computer lab, and on‑campus grounds.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Accompanies students and adapts instructional materials to special student needs.
• May be assigned a single special needs student to attend to and assist.
• May be required to perform feeding, distributing, toilet assistance, diapering, wheelchair transfers, and pushing wheelchairs to classrooms according to their medical management plan.
• Assists the special education teacher in the preparation of materials and activities for classroom instruction.
• Assists small groups and individual students with classroom activities.
• Assists the teacher in maintaining a clean, attractive, and safe learning environment.
• Accompanies students to a mainstream setting, translating between English and Spanish.
• Assists substitute teachers as needed.
• Participates in staff meetings and in‑service training activities.
• Assists teachers with general clerical work such as filing, photocopying, word processing, and duplication of materials for classroom use.
• Assists students in the classroom with reading, math, and other subjects.
• Supervises children at recess, lunch, and getting on and off the bus to ensure child safety and that each child is accounted for.
• Assists students with classroom and homework assignments.
• Relieves teachers for attending professional development activities.
• Reports information about a child's development and behavior to teachers.
• Actively fosters positive relationships with all staff and the community.
• Maintains the safety and security of students.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Knowledge of

• Educational and personal care needs of students with multiple needs.
• Techniques, policies, and practices of child instruction.
• Child discipline.
• Emergency and safety procedures.
• Policies and objectives of assigned programs.
• Modern office practices and procedures.
• School site and assigned policies, and procedures.
• Basic principles and techniques of education.
• Operation of modern office equipment including PC and related software.

Ability to

• Adhere to District & Federal FERPA policies and strict confidentiality.
• Perform services required for assisting students with special needs.
• Assist with student health care needs and personal hygiene.
• Prepare a variety of records and reports.
• Assist teachers in classroom education activities.
• Supervise students at recess and entering and exiting buses.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with others.
• Operate a variety of modern office equipment.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Understand and follow oral and written directions.
• Perform routine clerical duties.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED certificate.
• Educational coursework and prior classroom experience in special needs student settings preferred.
• Must enroll in higher education courses to obtain an associate's degree in early childhood education within two years of hire.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to students, parents, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situation.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Educational Assistant Pre‑K‑12 Level 3 License required.

Also encouraged to obtain a Pre‑K‑12 Substitute License. Current Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) Certification required for position.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, use hands to handle or feel, and talk or hear.
• The employee is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee must lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in inside environmental conditions.
• The employee frequently works with a video display terminal for prolonged periods.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Deming Public School District is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, age, sex, marital status, or handicap in compliance with federal and state laws.

Applicant Requirements

• Citizenship, residency, or work visa required.
• Qualification: must be highly qualified requiring either an associate's degree or 48 specific college credit hours as listed by NM State Statute, or passing of the Paraprofessional Test (which will be scheduled after a person is offered the position).

Contact Information

• Connie Maag, Principal
• Chaparral Elementary School
• Phone: 575‑546‑8841
• Email: [e-mail]