Education Assistant - Cognitive Impairment

Education Assistant Cognitive Impairment

Support Staff Posting Position:
Education Assistant Cognitive Impairment Posting # 3955 - West Ottawa High School - North Posting Dates:
April 14, 2026 Until Filled

Reports To:

Principal Beginning:
Immediately

Hours:

35 hours per week 7:35 a.m. to 2:53 p.m. Full Time / School Year

Job Responsibilities:

• Assistance with students with various disabilities in categorical classrooms
• Knowledge of behavioral strategies
• Work closely with teachers to collaborate on accommodations and IEP requirements
• Assist classroom teachers with individual's instruction in core subjects
• Successfully work in a team environment
• Other duties as assigned

Other Information:

• CPI trained or willing to be trained in CPI
• Must meet Federal Standards of Every Student Succeeds Act
• Good communications/collaboration skills with staff and students
• 60 credit hours Associates degree or higher
• Pass a competency test (ETS Parapro Assessment)

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
• 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.