Position Type:
Support Staff/Special Education Assistant
Date Posted:
4/14/2026
Location:
High School North Building
Date Available:
Immediately
Closing Date:
Open until filled
Notice of Support Staff Posting
Position: Education Assistant – Cognitive Impairment Posting # 3955
-West Ottawa High School - North
Posting Dates: April 14, 2026 – Until Filled
Reports To: Principal
Beginning: Immediately
Hours: 35 hours per week
7:35 a.m. to 2:53 p.m.
Full Time / School Year
Job Responsibilities:
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Assistance with students with various disabilities in categorical classrooms
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Knowledge of behavioral strategies
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Work closely with teachers to collaborate on accommodations and IEP requirements
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Assist classroom teachers with individual's instruction in core subjects
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Successfully work in a team environment
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Other duties as assigned
Other Information:
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CPI trained or willing to be trained in CPI
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Must meet Federal Standards of Every Student Succeeds Act re
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Good communications/collaboration skills with staff and studentsquirement:
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60 credit hours
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Associates degree or higher
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Pass a competency test (ETS Parapro Assessment)
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.
