Education Assistant - Special Education

West Ottawa Schools

Holland, MI

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Communication Skills, Data Collection, Organizational Development/Management, Physical Demands, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Special Education, Staff Training, Team Player
LOCATION
Holland, MI
POSTED
4 days ago

id='p4049_'>Education Assistant - Special Education JobID: 4049

Position Type:

Support Staff/Education Assistant

Date Posted:

7/9/2026

Location:

Harbor Lights Middle School

Date Available:

08/24/2026

Closing Date:

Until filled

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Notice of Support Staff Posting

Position: Education Assistant -Special Education Posting # 4049

  • Harbor Lights Middle School (6-8)

Posting Dates: July 9, 2026 Until Filled

Reports To: Principal

Beginning: August 24, 2026

Hours: 29.5 hours per week

Monday Friday

School-Year/Part-Time

Training/Experience/Endorsements required:

  • Assist students with academic tasks in individual, small-group, and classroom settings.
  • Reinforce lessons and instructional strategies developed by the special education teacher.
  • Provide accommodations and modifications outlined in students' IEPs.
  • Support students in developing organizational, study, and self-advocacy skills.
  • Assist with classroom assessments and collect student performance data.

Qualifications:

  • Knowledge of positive interventions, support and good-problem solving skills
  • Good collaboration/communication skills
  • Experience in working with disabilities preferred

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.

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West Ottawa Schools