Temporary 6-Hour Title Educational Assistant

Fairfield Elementary; Eugene (OR); On-site; USD 26,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Bethel School District is seeking a Temporary 6-hour Title Educational Assistant at Fairfield Elementary School in Eugene, Oregon, starting immediately.

The role provides individual and small group support to students with diverse needs, with duties including screening student educational needs, assisting in the classroom, and charting progress. Candidates must have a high school diploma and may be preferred bilingual, as stated.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Ability to prove Highly Qualified status under NCLB preferred.
• Must obtain fingerprint clearance.

Responsibilities

• Screen and assess the educational needs of students.
• Provide instructional assistance in the classroom.
• Chart and record student progress and maintain records.
• Assist with note-taking, materials, and basic clerical tasks when time allows.

Skills

Schedule workload

Follow oral and written instructions

Work with small groups

Interact with teachers and students

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Temporary 6-Hour Title Educational Assistant

Bethel School District 52 Fairfield Elementary – Eugene, Oregon

Job Details

Starting Date: Immediately

CLOSING DATE: Open until filled

Job Description

Bethel School District is seeking qualified applicants for a Temporary 6-hour Title Educational Assistant at Fairfield Elementary School.

Bethel Schools are committed to creating safe, caring, mutually respectful environments where all students are honored and valued for their diverse cultural backgrounds, strengths and abilities in every instructional practice and school activity to support academic achievement and student success.

Nature of Work

A Title Educational Assistant provides individual and small group support and personal assistance, often in a standard or special purpose educational program, to students with distinct and exceptional educational needs and challenges as determined by a certificated specialist. The primary purpose of positions in this class, which distinguishes it from positions of other classes, is to screen and assess the educational needs of students, provide instructional assistance to students in a classroom, and charting and recording results. Clerical and word processing or computer data base updating duties may be assigned to positions as time permits, but are not considered primary tasks and do not require a large percentage of time.

A position of this class may be assigned full-time to a student with a physical impairment that requires the employee to assist with school tasks the student cannot perform, such as attending class and taking notes; carrying books; adapting written school materials; personal cleanliness and hygiene; administering medication; setting up or operating specially adapted equipment; food preparation and feeding the student; and assisting the student to communicate with teachers, classmates, and others.

A position of this class may tutor students, individually or in small groups, providing instructional assistance in a variety of subjects or courses; administers and scores standardized tests; and maintains student records in conformance with government regulations.

Examples of Work

These duties are illustrative only. For a detailed list of duties, please refer to each position description.

• Determines students' educational needs by assisting a teacher with administering, scoring test results; maintains and updates student daily progress records; keeps records on test scores, grades, attendance and other related data in compliance with government funding and program requirements.


• Assists in developing lesson plans for students, prepares instructional materials, provides instructional assistance to students, tutors students, reads and paraphrases tests, and provides assistance in problem solving skills.


• Provides assistance in language, visual, gross and fine motor, and sensory skills, using a variety of developmental learning materials; develops students' reading, math, spelling, handwriting, art and music skills; performs math and reading timings, charts results in student folders, and updates computer database and other required record keeping.


• Observes and participates in recording student progress and correcting papers, confers and consults regularly with teachers about problems encountered with students, and shares behavioral and academic observations of individual students with the instructor.

Selection Factors

• Knowledge of educational programs offered in all schools and of basic educational techniques, as required by the position.


• Knowledge of the basic developmental stages of a child's learning process.


• Ability to schedule the workload and meet the needs of the program.


• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.


• Ability to work with small groups and individual students in special programs.


• Ability to prepare materials for lesson plans.


• Ability to interact positively with children and adults, and observe individual student abilities.


• Ability to work with a minimum of supervision.


• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with teachers, students, administrators, parents and co-workers.


• Ability to learn safe lifting and proper physical positioning techniques to place students in student desks or in passenger vehicles, as required by the position


• Ability to safely and proficiently operate standard office and audio-visual equipment, as required by the position.

• Ability to maintain an appropriate and legal level of confidentiality regarding students, staff, and other individuals.


• Ability to maintain regular, predictable and prompt attendance.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent. Previous course work and training, or child development, childcare or instructional assistance experience that demonstrates possession of the knowledge and abilities needed to perform the work. Ability to prove Highly Qualified status under NCLB, or pass Bethel School District's “Highly Qualified Assessment”. Any satisfactory equivalent combination of experience and training that ensures the ability to perform the work may be substituted for the required experience.

Upon offer of employment applicants must obtain a fingerprint clearance from the Oregon Department of Education through a process authorized by the Bethel School District. Applicants would be responsible for the one-time fingerprint clearance fee.

Bilingual candidates and candidates experienced in working with bilingual students and families will receive preferential consideration.

The Bethel School District, an equal opportunity employer, complies with provisions of the various civil rights laws, such as the Fair Employment Practice Act, Title IX Regulations and Section 504 of PL 93.112 in employment and educational programs and activities.

The District is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and strictly complies with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 and the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act amendments of 1989.

Reasonable accommodations for the application and interview process will be provided upon request and as required in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Disabled persons may contact Remie Calalang, Assistant Superintendent, at [phone] for additional information or assistance.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE PLEASE POST IMMEDIATELY

4640 Barger Drive, Eugene, OR 97402 l Phone: [phone] l Fax: [phone] l www.bethel.k12.or.us

Position Type: Full Time
Salary: $19.03 to $24.10 Per Hour

Instructional Support > Paraprofessional / IA

Special Education > General Special Education

Special Education > Special Education Assistant

Contact Information

• Jenny Sink , Principal


• Fairfield Elementary


• Email: [e-mail]

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT

Bethel School District 52 complies with provisions of the various civil rights laws, such as the Fair Employment Practices Act, Title IX regulations, and Section 504 of PL93.112 in employment and educational programs and activities.

The Bethel School District, an equal opportunity employer, complies with provisions of the various civil rights laws, such as the Fair Employment Practice Act, Title IX Regulations and Section 504 of PL 93.112 in employment and educational programs and activities.

The District is committed to maintaining a drug-free workplace and strictly complies with the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 and the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act amendments of 1989.

Reasonable accommodations for the application and interview process will be provided upon request and as required in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Disabled persons may contact Remie Calalang, Assistant Superintendent, at [phone] for additional information or assistance.