Temporary 6 Hour Per Day Educational Assistant III For Individual Student Support

Bethel School District is seeking qualified applicants for a temporary 6 hour per day Educational Assistant III for Individual Student Support at Bethel Community Transition Network. This position is from 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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.

An Educational Assistant III provides individual and small group support and personal assistance, often in a general education or special education program, to students with distinct and exceptional physical, academic, and behavioral needs and challenges, as determined by a licensed specialist. The primary purpose of positions in this class, which distinguishes it from positions of other classes, is to implement specific protocol in individualized intervention plans, provide individualized academic instruction, provide active supervision to students with such needs, and maintain student progress data. Additionally, this position may include delegated nursing tasks.

A position of this class may provide support to students in 1:1, small group, or large group settings, implementing classroom behavior protocols and individual interventions. This may include supporting an individual student full time in one program or across programs, a small group of students in one program, multiple students in multiple programs, or assisting in a classroom during the implementation of a behavior intervention plan. An employee of this class may also collect assessment information and progress data from intervention plans, student, staff and parent interviews, archival reviews, observations, and academic assessments.

An employee in this class will utilize knowledge and skills gained from trainings such as Oregon Intervention System, Functional Behavioral Assessment, and other trainings as identified by licensed specialist and administrators.

Examples of Work

These duties are illustrative only. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provides delegated nursing tasks to students.
• Supports students' mobility in safety needs.
• Implements individualized intervention plans that may include pre-correcting for expected behavior, providing social skills instruction, redirection, and positive reinforcement.
• 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.
• Creating materials related to intervention plans, such as point sheets, picture schedules, assignment sheets, and home-to-school communication systems.
• Observes and participates in recording student progress and correcting papers; confers and consults regularly with teachers about the student, and shares behavioral and academic observations of individual students with the instructor and/or specialist.
• 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.

Selection Factors

• Ability to assist in preparing materials for lesson plans.
• Ability to interact positively with children and adults, and observe individual student behaviors and abilities.
• Knowledge of effective strategies for behavior management and support.
• Ability to work with a minimum of supervision.
• Ability to maintain an appropriate and legal level of confidentiality regarding students, staff, and other individuals.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with teachers, students, administrators, parents, and co-workers.
• Ability to maintain regular, predictable and prompt attendance.

Minimum Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent. Previous course work and training in child development, childcare, or instructional assistance experience that demonstrates possession of the knowledge and abilities needed to perform the work. Any satisfactory equivalent combination of experience and training which ensures the ability to perform the work may be substituted for the required experience.

For information regarding this position, please email Amy Tidwell, Special Services Director.

To apply, please follow the link to TalentEd Recruit and Hire.

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

If you are an in-district employee and wish to be considered for this position, please indicate your interest in writing to Remie Calalang, Human Resources Director, by 4:00 p.m. on July 6, 2021.

CLOSING DATE: Open until filled

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, HR Director, at (541) 689-3280 for additional information or assistance.

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4640 Barger Drive, Eugene, OR 97402 l Phone: (541) 689-3280 l Fax: (541) 689-0719 l www.bethel.k12.or.us