Education Assistant - Special Education

Education Assistant
-Special Education

Posting # 4049
-Harbor Lights Middle School (6-8)

Posting Dates:
July 9, 2026 Until Filled

Reports To:

Principal

Beginning:
August 24, 2026

Hours:

29.5 hours per week Monday Friday School-Year/Part-Time

Training/Experience/Endorsements required:

• Assist students with academic tasks in individual, small-group, and classroom settings.
• Reinforce lessons and instructional strategies developed by the special education teacher.
• Provide accommodations and modifications outlined in students' IEPs.
• Support students in developing organizational, study, and self-advocacy skills.
• Assist with classroom assessments and collect student performance data.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of positive interventions, support and good-problem solving skills
• Good collaboration/communication skills
• Experience in working with disabilities preferred

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.