Educational Assistant Instructional Support

Educational Assistant for Instructional Support

• Position Type:
  Support Staff
• Date Posted: 6/15/2026
• Location:
  
  New Albany Primary School

The Educational Assistant for Instructional Support, at the direction of Principal(s)/Designee, is responsible for overseeing and directing students who need additional instructional support. This position is 7 hours per day, 186 days per year, with a starting salary of $22.08 per hour based on experience on the OAPSE Salary Schedule.

• A valid teaching license in one or more academic core disciplines is strongly preferred. If the candidate does not hold a valid teaching license, he or she must hold an Ohio Educational Aide Permit or produce evidence that one is obtainable before the first day of school.
• Demonstrated experience working with students in small group settings.

• Assists students assigned to him or her period by period for instructional support.
• Must be willing to work collaboratively with and accept direction from teachers to provide academic support services to students.
• Collect and maintain data for instructional support.
• Demonstrates the ability to communicate effectively with students, staff, and parents.
• Other duties as assigned by the administration.

• Ability to communicate with students, staff and parents.
• Ability to plan ahead.
• Ability to keep accurate records.
• Ability to establish relationships with students to increase their academic performance and behavior.
• Ability to make decisions.
• Ability to be firm, fair and consistent.
• Technologically literate.

• Position is mostly indoors.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to walk and stand.
• Occasionally the employee will sit and/or run.
• The employee will frequently bend or twist at the trunk while performing the duties of this job.
• The employee will frequently squat, stoop, kneel, reach above the head, reach forward and repeat the same hand motion many times while performing the duties of the job.
• The employee may routinely lift and move objects 25 pounds.
• The specific vision requirements of the job include good depth perception and occasionally being able to see objects/persons at a distance.
• While performing the duties of the job the employee frequently is required to hear conversation in quiet, as well as, a noisy environment and be able to tell where a sound is coming from.
• The employee must be able to communicate to the team in order to give directions.

Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex (including sexual orientation and gender identity), disability, age, religion, military status, ancestry, genetic information (collectively, "Protected Classes"), or any other legally protected category, in its programs and activities, including employment opportunities.