Special Educational Assistant

Special Educational Assistant 1:1 Posting

Posting # 4103 Lakewood Elementary Posting Dates:
August 20, 2026 Until Filled

Reports To:

Principal Beginning: 8/27/2026

Hours:

29.5 hours a week Monday Friday School Year/Part Time

Qualifications:

• CPI trained or willing to be trained in CPI
• High school diploma required
• Experience working with children with disabilities is preferred

Job Responsibilities:

• Provide consistent, attentive 1:1 support to an assigned student throughout the school day.
• Assist the student in accessing and participating in classroom instruction, activities, specials, lunch, recess, assemblies, field trips, and other school experiences.
• Follow the student's Individualized Education Program (IEP), behavior support plans, health/safety plans, and other established student support plans as directed.
• Support the student in developing greater independence by providing the least amount of assistance necessary to successfully participate.
• Assist with transitions between classrooms, activities, and school locations.
• Provide support with organization, materials, following directions, task completion, and classroom routines.
• Reinforce appropriate academic, social, communication, and behavioral skills.
• Support students with personal care needs including toileting
• Other duties as assigned

Other Information: 1:1 Educational Assistant

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 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.