Educational Assistant (YK - 5th Grade)

West Ottawa Schools
  • MI
    21 days ago

    Job Description

    id='p4070_'>Educational Assistant (YK - 5th Grade) JobID: 4070

    Position Type:

    Support Staff/Education Assistant

    Date Posted:

    7/23/2026

    Location:

    Great Lakes Elementary School

    Date Available:

    08/27/2026

    Closing Date:

    Until filled

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    Notice of Support Staff Posting

    Position: Educational Assistant YK-5 Grade Posting #4070

    • Great Lakes Elementary

    Posting Dates: July 23, 2026 Until Filled

    Reports To: Principal

    Beginning: August 27, 2026

    Hours: 29.5 hours per week

    Monday - Friday

    School year/Part-time

    Job Responsibilities:

    • Lead student reading and math groups
    • Organize and maintain school supply orders.
    • Monitor recess and lunch, outdoors, daily
    • Collaborate with teachers and staff to ensure school safety protocols are followed
    • Assist with student behaviors/management
    • Other duties as assigned by the school administrator

    Other Information:

    • Able to be flexible and adjust quickly to the needs of the day.
    • Supervises students at play-time on the playground and maintains a harmonious atmosphere on the playground
    • Performs any other tasks as deemed appropriate by the building principal and/or the teacher

    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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