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Special Educational Assistant

Job in Westland, Wayne County, Michigan, 48186, USA
Listing for: West Ottawa Public Schools
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-25
Job specializations:
  • Education / Teaching
    Special Education Assistant, Teacher Assistant/ Paraprofessional
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 21000 USD Yearly USD 21000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Special Educational Assistant - 1:1

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Openings as of 8/23/2026

Special Educational Assistant – 1:1
  • Position Type:
    Support Staff/ Special Education Assistant
  • Date Posted: 8/20/2026
  • Location:

    Lakewood Elementary School
  • Date Available:

    08/27/2026
Notice of Support Staff Posting

Position:
Special Educational Assistant – 1:1 Posting # 4103

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. student(s) with recess, classroom supervision, transitions to activities, and breaks
  • Work with special education and general education teachers to ensure materials are prepared
  • Provide breaks for support staff and teachers
  • Student behavior support
  • 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 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.

Postings current as of 8/23/2026 8:04:49 PM CST.

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