PBIS Educational Assistant

Position Type:

Support Staff/Behavioral Education Assistant

Date Posted:

6/11/2026

Location:

Lakewood Elementary School

Date Available:

08/27/2026

Closing Date:

Until filled

 Additional Information:
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Notice of Support Staff Posting

Position: PBIS Educational Assistant Posting # 4030

* Lakewood Elementary

Posting Dates:
June 5, 2026 Until Filled

Reports To:

Principal

Beginning:
August 27, 2026

Hours:

29.5 hours per week

Monday Friday

School Year/Full Time

Position Overview:

The PBIS Educational Assistant works closely with elementary students to explicitly teach and reinforce essential behavioral, social, and emotional skills. Through the Skills-Based approach, this role focuses on helping students build strategies for self-regulation, problem-solving, and positive interactions in a way that supports their safety and dignity. Support is individualized based on student needs, and the specific school location may vary depending on student caseloads and district priorities.

Job Responsibilities:

* Teaching Replacement

Skills:

* Actively teach students functional communication, such as how to request a break or ask for help, as a safe alternative to challenging behavior.

* Maintaining HRE (Happy, Relaxed, Engaged):

* Continuously monitor and support the student's emotional state to ensure they remain in a positive learning "zone." You will proactively adjust the environment to prevent escalation.

* Tolerance Training:

* Guide students through "skill branches" that teach them how to tolerate "no," follow instructions, and transition between tasks while staying regulated.

* Individualized Support:

* Work 1-on-1 to carry out specific protocols derived from

* Practical Functional Assessment and Skill-Based Treatment in Schools Data Collection & Reporting:

* Accurately track student progress, focusing on the frequency of new skill use and the maintenance of an HRE state.

* Crisis Prevention:

* Utilize gentle, assent-based de-escalation techniques to ensure a safe and supportive environment for all.

Other Information:

* High School diploma or equivalent (Associate's degree or Para Pro certification preferred)

* Able to be flexible and adjust quickly to the needs of the day

* Experience working with children is preferred.

* Willing to work in cold weather

Physical Requirements and

Working Conditions:

* 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 the 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 work; those activities where detailed or import 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.