Riverside Elementary- Educational Assistant- Special Education- 5 Hours Per Day- 2024-2025 School Year - Grants Pass School District

Grants Pass School District No. 7 is now accepting applications for the following position for the 2024-2025 school year:

Riverside Elementary

Educational Assistant- Special Education

5 hours per day/182 days to work

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade. Also one of the following three options:    
   • Two years of college study
   • An associate’s (or higher) degree
   • A passing score on the District’s reading, writing and math assessment.
2. Preferred: supplemented by college level work or special vocational training in Special Education principles and practices, behavior management, and/or procedures related to basic physical/medical needs and personal hygiene. Two years of responsible instructional assistance experience, preferably involving contact with students who have some form of learning or physical disability or special cultural, social/behavioral needs.
3. Assists in the planning and implementing of learning experiences of students enrolled in the program: confers with teacher.
4. Other duties may be ordering, preparing, record keeping, monitoring, typing filing, duplicating, evaluation, correcting, other clerical work and other duties as assigned.
5. Duties may involve working with students who need feeding, toileting or changing of diapers and restraining, at times, due to aggressive behavior.
6. Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with fellow employees and ability to get along well with students.
7. Bilingual and bi-literate in Spanish preferred.             

• Upon selection, employees will be required to pay for the following: $12.50 fingerprinting fee and $66 ODE fingerprinting processing fee.

STARTING SALARY: $16.24-$23.47 per hour. Dependent on experience/education.  

Control Code 1223         Budget # 100.1250.0112.137.320.00000

Application materials will be accepted online until position is filled.

PHONE: 541-474-5700                         EMAIL:jbrouillette@grantspass.k12.or.us

Grants Pass School District 7 strives to create an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the diversity of our staff and students. We foster fairness, equity and inclusion to create a workplace environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the position, and we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our qualifications described. If you are unsure whether you meet the qualifications of this position, or how this would be determined, please feel free to contact Human Resources to discuss your application.

The Grants Pass School District No. 7 will provide reasonable accommodation for the application and interview process upon request and as required in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Disabled persons may contact the Director of Human Resources at 474-5700 for additional information or assistance. Speech/Hearing impaired persons may contact the district for assistance through the Oregon Relay at 1-800-735-2900.

Funding for all district positions for the 2024-2025 school year is subject to state funding.