Educational Assistant/Attendant at Fairhaven

NILES MIDDLE SCHOOL; Niles (OH); On-site; USD 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

NILES MIDDLE SCHOOL is seeking an Educational Assistant/Attendant in Niles, Ohio. The role supports students to achieve independence, assists in classrooms, and helps implement instructional and care plans under classroom supervision.

Responsibilities include maintaining safety, confidentiality, and assisting with IEP objectives, social skills, and daily activities across school settings. Immediate start with regular/full-time status and varied duties to support handicapped students.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Classroom experience with handicapped students.
• Ohio certification/license with ESEA qualification required.
• BCII background check.
• Alternative qualifications may be considered by the Superintendent/Board of Education.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety of students.
• Maintain confidentiality of information (IEP, ETR, custody, medical records).
• Assist teacher with training programs for physical care (feeding, lifting, positioning, toileting, transferring).
• Assist with implementing IEP objectives and academic/physical care tasks.
• Interact positively with staff, students and parents.
• Assist students in cafeteria, playground, hall, and classroom.
• Keep students focused and on-task every period.
• Follow Board of Education and Principal policies.

Skills

First aid/CPR

Child development

Instructional methods

Education

High school diploma or GED

Ohio Educational Aide certificate with ESEA qualification

Job description

Educational Assistant/Attendant at Fairhaven

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Job Details

Job ID: 5893552
Application Deadline: Posted until filled
Posted: Aug 19, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

Position: Educational Assistant/Attendant

Reports to: Building Administrator, Supervisor for the Education of Exceptional Children

Employment Status: Regular/Full Time

Description: Help students to achieve their greatest potential, learn to become independent, make successful transitions and to interact with their peers

NOTE: The below lists are not ranked in order of importance

Essential Functions:

• Ensure safety of students
• Maintain respect at all times for confidential information (i.e. IEP, ETR, custody papers, medical records, communication with parents and other teachers)
• Assist the teacher in implementing any training programs involved in the physical care and treatment of students, inclusive of, but not limited to feeding, lifting, positioning, toileting and transferring
• Assist the teacher as directed in implementing all classroom and related services objectives delineated in the IEP (i.e. targeted physical care procedures and academic objectives)
• Interact in a positive manner with staff, students and parents
• Assist students in the cafeteria, playground/recess, hall and/or classroom
• Keep students focused and on-task, every period, as much as possible
• Ability to carry out policies and procedures of the Board of Education and the Principal
• Carry out other normal routine and extra activities necessary for the educational development of handicapped students
• Supervise and assist students at various school activities and functions
• Monitor and manage student behavior as directed by the teacher
• Assist students in the development of life skills and appropriate social behaviors
• Conduct individual or small group reinforcing exercises as directed by the teacher
• Supervise students as directed by the teacher
• Work with handicapped students under supervision of the teachers

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Record keeping as necessary
• Attend meetings and in-services as required
• Keep student current on homework assignments
• Must be able to deal appropriately with students who exhibit emotional or behavioral problems, aggressive behavior, or physical problems
• Ability to manage student behavior effectively
• Sensitivity to handicapped students
• Assist teacher with clerical duties (i.e., prepare papers, typing, etc.)
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Supervisor for the Education of Exceptional Children

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
• Classroom experience with handicapped students
• Appropriate state of Ohio certification/license (i.e. Ohio Educational Aide certificate) with ESEA qualification
• BCII report
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent and/or Board of Education may find appropriate

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• First aid/CPR training
• Knowledge of child development
• Training in child abuse and communicable diseases as necessary
• Training in instructional methodologies desirable

Equipment Operated:

• All common household appliances (i.e. refrigerator, stove, oven, dishwasher, mixer, radio, washing machine and dryer)

Additional Working Conditions:

• Frequent interaction among unruly children
• Frequent exposure to blood, bodily fluids and tissue
• Occasional requirement to travel (i.e. to grocery store, field trips)
• Occasional requirement to “2-person lift” and carry children up to approximately 175 pounds
• Occasional requirement to climb, kneel, sit, and balance
• Occasional requirement to lift and carry (i.e., children) up to approximately 75 pounds

This job description is subject to change and in no manner states or implies that these are the only duties and responsibilities to be performed by the incumbent. The incumbent will be required to follow the instructions and perform the duties required by the incumbent’s supervisor, appointing authority.

Position Type: Full-Time
Salary: $14.50 Per Hour

Job Requirements

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

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