Educational Assistant - Special Education

The School District of Waupaca is searching for talented persons for Special Education Educational Assistant positions throughout the District for the 2024-2025 school year. The Special Education Educational Assistant reports to assigned Special Education Teacher and works closely with one or more special needs students on a regular basis in an effort to facilitate their physical, cognitive and/or emotional development in order to gain the full benefits from the District’s special education program.

Throughout each day, a Special Education Educational Assistant:

* Assists student(s) to whom assigned in such physical tasks as putting on and taking off of outerwear, moving from room to room, using lavatory, assisting at lunch, sharpening pencils, etc;

* Under the direction of the special education teacher assists the student(s) in recitation, reading, and other curriculum tasks, guiding and helping them, but not teaching them;

* Under supervision of the special education teacher, works with small groups of students to reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher;

* Establishes as fully as possible a supportive and sympathetic relationship with the student(s) without fostering or encouraging intense emotional involvement;

* Serves as a resource person, if and when requested, to the student personnel evaluation team conferring about one of the students to whom assigned;

* Communicates vital information regarding the students to the teacher;

* Understands and respects the confidential nature of specific information relating to the students;

* Assumes supervisory role over the students when classroom teacher is out of the room;

* Performs other tasks and assumes other responsibilities within the overall scope of the position which the supervisor may assign.

Qualifications:

1) High School Diploma

2) Special Education Program Aide License 883 (can be obtained following hire)

3) Experience working with children

4) Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable

Please include references on your application/resume.

In order to more easily contact you, please provide your personal email address.

The School District of Waupaca Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of the Protected Classes of race, color, national origin, age, sex (including transgender status, change of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity), pregnancy, creed or religion, genetic information, handicap or disability, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, military service (as defined in Sec. 111.32, Wis. Stats.), ancestry, arrest record, conviction record, use or non-use of lawful products off the District’s premises during non-working hours, declining to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or to participate in any communication with the employer about religious matters or political matters, or any other characteristic protected by law in its employment practices.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $16.57 per hour

Expected hours: 37.5 per week

Physical Setting:

• Public school

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Application Question(s):

• Please list skills, experiences, and/or certifications you possess related to this position.
• Why are you interested in this position?
• Review past work/volunteer experience emphasizing areas in which you have worked with children in structured activities.
• What experience, if any, have you had with children with special needs? (Physical, cognitive, emotional, learning disabled.)
• Describe your computer knowledge and background.
• Briefly comment on your ability to interact and communicate with others.

Work Location: In person

Salary : $17