Exceptional Education: Educational Assistant- Grundy County High School
Listed on 2026-07-15
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Education / Teaching
Teacher Assistant/ Paraprofessional, Child Development/Support, Elementary School, Preschool / Daycare
TITLE Educational Assistant
Not less than a high school diploma or general equivalency diploma (copy of diploma or transcript must be submitted upon employment), and proof of additional training from one of the following:
Associates Degree, or a minimum of 48 semester hours of higher level education, or pass a state-mandated equivalency test.
- At least one year of experience so that with appropriate training, service may be provided in the specific role for which employed.
- Meets health and physical.
To provide assistance to teachers, secretaries, and clerical personnel when needed. A minimum of fifty percent of the day should be spent working directly with students.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONSThis job may require lifting of objects that exceed fifty (50) pounds, or the average weight of a child, if assigned to elementary grades, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to twenty-five (25) pounds. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:
The required vocational preparation may come from any of the following:
- Vocational education
- Apprentice training
- On-the-job training
- Essential experience
Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual in order to adequately learn or perform a task or job duty.
The ability to understand instructions and underlying ability to reason and make judgments.
Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with.
To make visual comparisons and discrimination and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of.
Ability to move hands easily and manipulate small objects with the
The ability to perceive or recognize similarities or differences in colors or shades or other values of the same
Normal working environment usually works 180 - 200 school days from 8:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m.
NON-EXEMPT from the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act in regard to earning (and being appropriately paid) time and a half for all work over forty hours in the defined work week (defined as Sunday 12:00 a.m. to the following Saturday at 11:59 p.m.).
GENERAL REQUIREMENTSThe above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position. They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so assigned.
Job Description:
Educational Assistant
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