Special Educational Assistant - 1:1

Notice of Support Staff Posting

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

                                    � Lakewood Elementary  

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.