This position will be at Bay View Elementary and the Proctor Early Childhood Center and is open to internal and external candidates.
Title: Educational Assistant
Salary Range: Step 16, Local 66 Contract
Term: 24.5 hours/week – 182 days
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- May work with the student(s) for extended periods of time in a room away from staff and students.
- Supervise student activities on the playground, monitor behavior, and enforce playground rules.
- Ability to understand and follow written and verbal behavior management plans.
- Must be able to track student progress as directed by the instructor.
- May need to work with the individual student(s) with special needs while at the same time working with any and all students in this program.
- Monitor students in the lunchroom as needed, and enforce lunchroom rules
- Attend to medical and personal needs of students not requiring attention by licensed personnel including toileting of students.
- Assist office personnel
- Perform clerical duties as assigned – including MA billing
- Assist teachers as directed by the building principal
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor
QUALIFICATIONS
General Expectations
- Ability to develop effective working relationships with students, staff, and the community
- Ability to independently supervise students
- Computer proficiency
- Must be able to commute between buildings
- Must have a valid MN Driver’s License and have a vehicle to travel
- Must be “highly qualified” (2-year postsecondary certification, Paraprofessional Portfolio or must have passed the Paraprofessional Test)
- Possess a high standard of work ethic
- Good sense of humor
Physical Requirements
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to reach with hands and arms and, simultaneously, talk and hear using a mobile communication device (i.e., walkie-talkie, cell phone).
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and stoop, kneel, walk, bend, and squat.
- Ability to sit on the floor and move rapidly to a standing position and run quickly to redirect students. (Get up and down very quickly to accommodate students.)
- Ability to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds on a regular basis and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
- Required restraining abilities +60 pounds (will train)
Work Environment
- Moderately noisy, with some dirt and dust and some temperature extremes including outside recess and lunchroom.
Internal and External Application Deadline: Open until filled