Education Assistant - Autism Spectrum Disorder

Overview

Notice of Support Staff Posting

Position:
Education Assistant ASD Posting # 3927

Location:

West Ottawa South High School

Posting Dates:
January 29, 2026 Until Filled

Reports To:

Principal

Beginning:
Immediately

Hours:

35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, Full Time / School Year

• Under the direction of the building principal and/or assigned teacher, the Educational Assistant in the ASD Program will:
• Provide direct instructional and behavioral support to students
• Support students in all academic areas
• Assist with the implementation of individualized education program (IEP) goals, behavior support plans, and classroom routines
• Support students with social-emotional regulation, communication skills, and appropriate peer interactions
• Monitor and support students during transitions throughout the school day
• Perform other duties as assigned

• CPI trained or willing to be trained in CPI
• Good communications/collaboration skills with staff and students

• 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.