Education Assistant - Cognitive Impairment

Position Type:

Support Staff/Special Education Assistant

Date Posted:

4/14/2026

Location:

High School North Building

Date Available:

Immediately

Closing Date:

Open until filled

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Notice of 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 re

* Good communications/collaboration skills with staff and studentsquirement:

* 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. 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.