Douglas County School District
Educational Assistant IV - Affective Needs
Douglas County School District, Parker, Colorado, United States, 80138
Educational Assistant IV - Affective Needs
Responsible for providing assistance to special education teachers. Assists in the instruction, medical, and health needs of special education students. Provides some clerical support to teachers. May provide assistance with a variety of daily functions such as toileting, feeding, and life skills instruction. Collaborates and consults with special needs team and other specialists. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community members and school clientele. Essential physical requirements include occasional lifting of forty (40) to seventy (70) pounds, frequent bending, standing, sitting, walking, and ability to run short distances. Responsibilities include: Assisting students with a variety of daily functions, such as feeding, toileting, etc. as well as life skills instruction. Providing assistance in some therapeutic activities such as speech, massage, and physical therapy. Documenting health related services in designated Medicaid documentation system for the DCSD School Medicaid Reimbursement Program as assigned. Maintaining some student records. Creating and assembling instructional materials such as bulletin boards. Administering medication to students and performing a variety of medical procedures. Performing other related duties as assigned or requested. Communicating with parents and other school personnel as needed. Supervising students in non-classroom settings, assisting and escorting students, including transferring to and from buses. Collaborating and consulting with special education team and other specialists on various activities, planning and resource allocations for special education students. Providing clerical support for special education teachers which might include preparation of special reports. Supporting Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals with special education students, assisting with daily classroom or lab activities, including one on one and small group instruction. Certifications: First Aid & CPR Certification - American Heart Association Education: High School or Equivalent (Required) Position Type: Regular Primary Location: Ponderosa High School Minimum Hire Rate: $19.84 USD Hourly Maximum Hire Rate: $25.20 USD Hourly Full Salary Range: $19.84 USD - $30.55 USD Hourly Benefits: This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options. Time Off Plans: This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.
Responsible for providing assistance to special education teachers. Assists in the instruction, medical, and health needs of special education students. Provides some clerical support to teachers. May provide assistance with a variety of daily functions such as toileting, feeding, and life skills instruction. Collaborates and consults with special needs team and other specialists. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community members and school clientele. Essential physical requirements include occasional lifting of forty (40) to seventy (70) pounds, frequent bending, standing, sitting, walking, and ability to run short distances. Responsibilities include: Assisting students with a variety of daily functions, such as feeding, toileting, etc. as well as life skills instruction. Providing assistance in some therapeutic activities such as speech, massage, and physical therapy. Documenting health related services in designated Medicaid documentation system for the DCSD School Medicaid Reimbursement Program as assigned. Maintaining some student records. Creating and assembling instructional materials such as bulletin boards. Administering medication to students and performing a variety of medical procedures. Performing other related duties as assigned or requested. Communicating with parents and other school personnel as needed. Supervising students in non-classroom settings, assisting and escorting students, including transferring to and from buses. Collaborating and consulting with special education team and other specialists on various activities, planning and resource allocations for special education students. Providing clerical support for special education teachers which might include preparation of special reports. Supporting Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals with special education students, assisting with daily classroom or lab activities, including one on one and small group instruction. Certifications: First Aid & CPR Certification - American Heart Association Education: High School or Equivalent (Required) Position Type: Regular Primary Location: Ponderosa High School Minimum Hire Rate: $19.84 USD Hourly Maximum Hire Rate: $25.20 USD Hourly Full Salary Range: $19.84 USD - $30.55 USD Hourly Benefits: This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options. Time Off Plans: This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.