Education Assistant - Special Education

Education Assistant – Special Education () Position Details

• Position Type:
  Support Staff / Education Assistant
• Date Posted: 7/9/2026
• Location:
  
  Harbor Lights Middle School (6-8)
• Date Available:
  
  8/24/2026
• Reporting To:
  Principal
• Hours:
  
  29.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, School-Year/Part-Time

• Assist students with academic tasks in individual, small-group, and classroom settings.
• Reinforce lessons and instructional strategies developed by the special education teacher.
• Provide accommodations and modifications outlined in students’ IEPs.
• Support students in developing organizational, study, and self-advocacy skills.
• Assist with classroom assessments and collect student performance data.

• Knowledge of positive interventions, support and good problem‑solving skills.
• Experience in working with disabilities preferred.

• Reaching:
  Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Lifting:
  Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.
• Grasping:
  Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Talking:
  Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing:
  Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction, and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and making fine discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motions:
  Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
• The worker should provide consistent and reliable in‑person attendance.