Educational Aide (Prekindergarten).

Department of War Education Activity (DOWEA); Maxwell (AL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) seeks an Educational Aide at Maxwell AFB to support classroom activities and student care. The role involves engaging with students, assisting teachers, preparing materials, and ensuring a safe, organized learning environment on site.

This federal position may require eligibility under DoWEA/DoW classifications, with duties including home visits coordination, student monitoring, and use of instructional tech.

Qualifications

• Experience required: at least one year of experience in progressively responsible clerical, office, or related work that shows ability to perform Educational Aide duties.
• Education substitution: 2 years of education above high school may substitute for general experience.
• Combination of education and experience may be used to qualify as long as the computed percentage is at least 100%.

Responsibilities

• Participates in home visits, parent-teacher conferences, and meetings.
• Ensures continuity of program during teacher’s absence.
• Monitors students during various phases of the school day.
• Maintains a clean and organized learning environment.
• Prepares instructional materials related to classroom lessons.
• Assists with personal care routines (feeding, toileting, hygiene).
• Operates instructional equipment and technology devices.
• Supervises students on field trips.
• Produces materials to display educational objectives.
• Applies assistive technology for recording student data.

Skills

Clerical experience

Education

Education above high school

Job description

• Participates in home visits, parent teacher conferences and other meetings.
• Ensures continuity of program in teacher’s absence.
• Monitoring students during various phases of school day.
• Maintains a clean and organized learning environment.
• Preparing instructional materials related to classroom lessons.
• Assists with teaching personal care routines: feeding, toileting and personal hygiene.
• Operates Instructional equipment and technology devices.
• Accompanying/supervising students on field trips.
• Produce material to display educational objectives to class.
• Apply assistive technology for recording student data.

Duties

• Participates in home visits, parent teacher conferences and other meetings.
• Ensures continuity of program in teacher’s absence.
• Monitoring students during various phases of school day.
• Maintains a clean and organized learning environment.
• Preparing instructional materials related to classroom lessons.
• Assists with teaching personal care routines: feeding, toileting and personal hygiene.
• Operates Instructional equipment and technology devices.
• Accompanying/supervising students on field trips.
• Produce material to display educational objectives to class.
• Apply assistive technology for recording student data.

Requirements

Qualifications

Who May Apply:

• Current Competitive Service Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) Civilian Employee
• Current Department of War (DoW) Civilian Employee
• Current Excepted Service Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) Employee
• Current Excepted Service Department of War Employee
• Current Excepted Service Employee
• Executive Order (E.O.) 12721
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)
• Non-Department of War (DoW) Transfer
• Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities
• Priority Placement Program, DoW Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoW Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoW MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoW Retained Grade Preference Eligible

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Experience required: To qualify based on experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. General experience is defined as: progressively responsible clerical, office or other work that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of an Educational Aide.

Education Substitution:

• Qualifying based on education alone: Education may be substituted for general experience with 2 years (60 semester hours) of education above high school.
• Qualifying based on a combination of education and general experience: A combination of education and general experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of undergraduate education by 60. Add the 2 percentages. Note: For the purpose of qualifications, 1 full year of undergraduate education is equivalent to 30 semester hours.

Education

Foreign Degrees And Course Work From Non-accredited Institutions. Foreign Degrees And Course Work From Non-accredited Institutions. Credits Or Degrees Earned From a Foreign College Or University Must Be Evaluated Prior To Acceptance. Three Evaluation Procedures Are Acceptable

• The work must be evaluated and interpreted by a current member of National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). This website provides a list of current organizations who can perform your evaluation. You must select and work directly with one of these organizations.
• The foreign institution that awarded the degree is on a list endorsed by a regionally accredited university or on a list endorsed by a state department of education for the purpose of teacher certification in that state (this procedure will require an English translation of the transcript and a copy of the document awarding the degree, together with an authenticated list produced by an American university or a state department of education); and
• The work may be evaluated by the graduate division of a regionally accredited university and declared the equivalent of similar undergraduate or graduate work in a U.S. institution.

Graduates of non-accredited institutions may have their undergraduate work validated by admittance to graduate school and completion of a minimum of 5 SH of credit in a regionally accredited graduate college.

Additional information

• Permanent Educational Aide positions working over 32 hours per week may be required to have their pay spread per their local bargaining unit.
• Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement.
• Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement.
• Applicants with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should notify
• This position is covered by the FEA-SR consolidated bargaining union.
• This position requires a 2-year trial period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.