Educational Assistant (EA IV) - Student Specific (1:1 Support)

Educational Assistant (EA IV)- Student Specific (1:1 Support)

Responsible for implementing all aspects of one student's Individualized Education Program (IEP), Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP), and Health Care Plan (HCP). Requires a high degree of flexibility, consistency, and professional judgment to ensure the student's safety, access to instruction, and full participation across the school day and various learning environments. Performs other related duties as assigned or requested. Educational Assistant (EA IV) will primarily provide 1:1 support inside the general education classroom for a student with a visual impairment.

Equipment Used: General classroom equipment

Essential Environmental Demands: Typical classroom noise, Mostly clean and comfortable, Work is generally performed in a typical education classroom environment with standard desk, equipment for students, fluorescent lighting, and moderate noise level

Essential Physical Requirements: Occasional lifting forty (40) to seventy (70) pounds, Frequent sitting, Occasional bending, squatting, or standing

Responsibilities: Collect and accurately record all required data on academic, behavioral, social, and functional goals, reporting progress to the Special Education Teacher daily/weekly.

Access and Inclusion Support: Provide direct 1:1 support to the student in the general education classroom, special education setting, and all non-instructional environments (e.g., lunch, recess, assemblies, field trips).

Individualized Plan Implementation:

• Facilitate peer interaction and social skills development by modeling appropriate social behaviors and supporting the student's successful participation in group activities.
• Physically assist the student with transitions between classes, activities, and locations within the school building and community.

Safety, Health, and Personal Care:

• Maintain a line of sight/close proximity with the student at all times to ensure immediate response to any safety or health needs.
• Provide personal care assistance, which may include feeding, toileting, hygiene, dressing, and positioning, in a dignified and professional manner.
• Implement the student's Health Care Plan (HCP), which may involve delegated nursing tasks such as medication administration, seizure protocol implementation, or monitoring of medical equipment, following all required training.
• Maintain confidentiality

Implement all academic accommodations, modifications as written in the student's current IEP.

Execute the student's Behavior Intervention Plan (BIP) and crisis management strategies consistently across all settings, including instruction, transitions, and unstructured time.

Education: High School or Equivalent

Skills: Ability to follow written and verbal instructions for implementing IEPs, health plans, and behavior protocols with high fidelity, Demonstrated ability to manage and respond to complex and challenging student behaviors, Willingness and ability to assist students with personal care, toileting, and mobility, including lifting and transferring (with appropriate training and assistance)

Position Type: Regular

Primary Location: Daniel C Oakes High School

One Year Only (Yes or No): No

Scheduled Hours Per Week: 37.5

FTE: 0.94

Approx Scheduled Days Per Year: 180 Work Days

Minimum Hire Rate: $19.84 USD Hourly

Maximum Hire Rate: $25.20 USD Hourly

Full Salary Range: $19.84 USD - $30.55 USD Hourly

All salary amounts listed above are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.

Benefits: This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.

Time Off Plans: This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.

This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past: August 1, 2026