Dual Immersion Educational Assistant

West Ottawa Public Schools; Michigan; On-site; USD 6,000 - 9,000; Part time

Job summary

West Ottawa Public Schools is seeking a part-time Dual Immersion Educational Assistant to support K-2 classrooms. This 10-hour-per-week position reports to the principal and begins immediately.

You will collaborate with teachers on interventions, assist with core subjects, and provide 1:1 or small group instruction while helping manage student behavior and classroom activities. This role runs through the school year.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children preferred.

Responsibilities

• Mainly working in K-2 Dual Language classrooms
• Lead and/or support students 1:1 or in small group instruction
• Work closely with teachers to collaborate on academic interventions
• Assist classroom teachers with individualized in core subjects
• Successfully work in a team environment
• Support student behavior as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Experience with children

Job description

Frontline Applicant Tracking - West Ottawa Public Schools

• Position Type:
  Support Staff/ Education Assistant
• Date Posted:
  9/29/2026
• Date Available:
  Immediately

Notice of Support Staff Posting

Position: Dual Immersion Educational Assistant Posting # 4132

Reports To: Principal

Beginning: Immediately

Hours: 10 hours per week

Monday to Friday

Part Time / School Year

Training/Experience/ Endorsements required:

• Experience working with children preferred

Job Responsibilities:

• Mainly working in K-2 Dual Language classrooms
• Lead and/or support students 1:1 or in small group instruction
• Work closely with teachers to collaborate on academic interventions
• Assist classroom teachers with individualized in core subjects
• Successfully work in a team environment
• Support student behavior as needed
• Other duties as assigned

Other Information:

• Able to be flexible and adjust quickly to the needs of the day
• Good communication/collaboration skills with staff and students

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• 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 in person attendance.

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