Position Type:
Support Staff/Education Assistant - Great Start (GRSP)
Date Posted:
5/27/2026
Location:
Great Lakes Elementary School
Date Available:
08/24/2026
Closing Date:
Open until filled
Notice of Support Staff Posting
Position: GSRP Educational Assistant Posting # 4014
Posting Dates: May 27, 2026 – Until Filled
Reports To: Principal
Beginning: August 24, 2026
Hours: 28 hours per week
Monday - Thursday
School Year/Part-time
Qualifications:
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CDA (Child Development Associate) credentials is preferred, or willingness to obtain the CDA
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Experience working with children and teaching them developmentally appropriate skills.
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Demonstrate good attendance, punctuality and excellent communication/organizational skills
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Demonstrates friendliness, dependability and trustworthiness towards others.
Job Responsibilities:
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Works with Lead GSRP team to uphold classroom requirements, standards and guidelines aligned with the Michigan early Childhood Standards of High Quality
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Collaborates with the teacher to collect and keep accurate records on the child's developmental stages
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Attends staff meetings and recommendation training programs to maintain or obtain CDA credentials
Other Information:
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Willing to work in cold weather
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Able to be flexible and adjust quickly to the needs of the day
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
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Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
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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.
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Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
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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.
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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.
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Repetitive motions: Making substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
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The worker is subject to environmental conditions.
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The worker should provide consistent and reliable in-person attendance.
