Educational Assistant I

About the Role

Provides assistance to teachers in working with students, clerical tasks, and other functions. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community members and school clientele.

Responsibilities

• Assist teachers with classroom assignments for the purpose of supporting teachers in the instructional process.
• Assist students, individually or in small groups, with lesson assignments for the purpose of practicing and/or reinforcing learning concepts and assisting students in reaching academic goals and grade level standards.
• Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
• Mediate student conflicts to ensure a safe educational environment.
• Administer minor first aid for the purpose of meeting immediate health care needs.
• Report observations and incidents relating to specific students (e.g. accidents, fights, appropriate and inappropriate social behavior, violations of rules, safety conditions, etc.) for the purpose of communicating information to appropriate instructional and/or administrative personnel.
• Perform general clerical tasks for the purpose of assisting teachers with instructional material.
• Monitor individual and/or groups of students in a variety of settings (e.g. classroom, playground, field trips, library, lunchroom, bus loading/unloading, etc.) for the purpose of providing a safe and positive learning environment.
• Maintain instructional materials and/or manual and electronic files/ for the purpose of ensuring availability of items, and/or meeting mandated requirements.

Requirements

• First Aid & CPR Certification - Colorado
• High School or Equivalent (Required)

Compensation

• Base pay: $16.78 - $21.32/hr
• Career range upper: $25.86/hr

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.
• This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.