Educational Assistant - Special Education - Vacancy ID: 233010

The School District of Waupaca is searching for a talented Special Education Educational Assistant at the Waupaca Learning Center. The Special Education Educational Assistant reports to assigned Special Education Teacher and works closely with one or more special needs students on a regular basis in an effort to facilitate their physical, cognitive and/or emotional development in order to gain the full benefits from the District’s special education program.

Throughout each day, a Special Education Educational Assistant:
* Assists student(s) to whom assigned in such physical tasks as putting on and taking off of outerwear, moving from room to room, using lavatory, assisting at lunch, sharpening pencils, etc;
* Under the direction of the special education teacher assists the student(s) in recitation, reading, and other curriculum tasks, guiding and helping them, but not teaching them;
* Under supervision of the special education teacher, works with small groups of students to reinforce material initially introduced by the teacher;
* Establishes as fully as possible a supportive and sympathetic relationship with the student(s) without fostering or encouraging intense emotional involvement;
* Serves as a resource person, if and when requested, to the student personnel evaluation team conferring about one of the students to whom assigned;
* Communicates vital information regarding the students to the teacher;
* Understands and respects the confidential nature of specific information relating to the students;
* Assumes supervisory role over the students when classroom teacher is out of the room;
* Performs other tasks and assumes other responsibilities within the overall scope of the position which the supervisor may assign.

The School District of Waupaca Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of the Protected Classes of race, color, national origin, age, sex (including transgender status, change of sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity), pregnancy, creed or religion, genetic information, handicap or disability, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, military service (as defined in Sec. 111.32, Wis. Stats.), ancestry, arrest record, conviction record, use or non-use of lawful products off the District’s premises during non-working hours, declining to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or to participate in any communication with the employer about religious matters or political matters, or any other characteristic protected by law in its employment practices.

To learn more about the School District of Waupaca, please visit the Employment Opportunities section of our website: https://www.waupaca.k12.wi.us/district/employment-opportunities.cfm