Educational Assistant - Special Education EVHS

Educational Assistant – Special Education

Starting Date: Aug 3, 2026

• Title: Educational Assistant – Special Education
• Work Unit/
  
  Location:
  
  EVHS
• Reports to: Teacher and Principal
• Supervises: Assigned students
• Contract Length: 163
• Pay
  
  Schedule:
  
  Educational Assistant
• Hours: 7:21 a.m.–3:45 p.m.
• Union Status: Union
• Licensure: NMPED Level III Educational Assistant

To work closely with one or a few disabled pupils on a regular basis in an effort to provide them with the physical help and emotional support they need to gain as full benefits from the district’s special education program as possible.

• High school graduate minimum or GED
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• AA degree or Para Pro Exam

• Prefer prior work with special education children.
• Bilingual skills in English and Spanish are preferred.

Standard office equipment and vehicle for district travel. A district car may be used or if the employee uses his/her vehicle mileage reimbursement is available.

Regularly required to walk, talk, and listen. Frequently required to stand and sit. Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and depth perception. Light lifting at times.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

• Assists the student(s) to whom assigned in such physical tasks as moving from room to room and using the restroom.
• Assists the student(s) to whom assigned with eating.
• Under supervision of the special education teacher works with the student(s) to whom assigned to complete any school work.
• Accompanies the student(s) to whom assigned any time the student leaves the special education classroom.
• Establishes as fully as possible a supportive and sympathetic relationship with the student(s) without fostering or encouraging intense emotional involvement.
• Hears the student(s) in recitation, reading, and other curriculum tasks, guiding and helping them but not teaching them.
• Greets the student(s) daily upon the student’s arrival to school and accompanies the student(s) without fostering or encouraging intense emotional involvement.
• Accompanies and assists student(s) in recreation and leisure activities and instruction (i.e. swimming, bowling, field trips, etc).
• Any other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

• Works with individual, small and large groups of students to reinforce learning and enhance skills.
• Checks notebooks, correct papers, and assists with the administration of assignments and make-up work as assigned by the teacher.
• Reads to students, listens to students read, and participates in other positive forms of oral communication with students.
• Assists with the supervision of students during emergency drills, assemblies, play periods, and field trips.
• Alerts the teacher to any concerns specific to the student(s).
• Assists students in the library or media center.
• Helps students with their clothing.
• Maintains a high level of ethical behavior and confidentiality of student information.

• Serves as the chief source of information and assistance to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the teacher.
• Operates instructional equipment used in the classroom.
• Helps the teacher create bulletin boards and other classroom learning displays.
• Collects and records the collection of money as assigned by the teacher.
• Assist with snack, lunch and bathroom procedures.
• Participates in in-service training programs, as assigned.

Performs all duties assigned and deemed necessary by the teacher or principal.

• Must possess and utilize excellent team-building skills.
• Must accept delegated responsibilities willingly.
• Just be able to work under occasional stress.
• Must be familiar with child restraining methods, first aid and CPR and capable of utilizing child restraint, if necessary.

• Demonstrates reliability as evidenced by attendance records and…