Educational Assistant IV - Vision (Student Specific)
About The Position
The educational assistant for the program of the visually impaired is primarily responsible for modifying materials to enhance instruction as requested by the Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments and working directly with students with visual impairments including blindness. Must have a strong interest in learning braille and becoming certified either by the state of CO or the National Federation for the Blind within 3 years of employment. ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: • Occasional lifting of forty (40) to seventy (70) pounds • Frequent bending, standing, sitting, walking • Occasional reaching, kneeling, bending, squatting, or standing • Ability to run short distances
Requirements
- High School or Equivalent (Required)
- Must have a strong interest in learning braille and becoming certified either by the state of CO or the National Federation for the Blind within 3 years of employment.
Responsibilities
- Respect confidentiality regarding student needs and abilities.
- Administer and document prescription medication to students and perform medical procedures.
- Document health related services in designated Medicaid documentation system for the DCSD School Medicaid Reimbursement Program as assigned.
- May provide assistance in some therapeutic activities as prescribed by therapist and assist in documentation of progress and services.
- Perform other related duties as assigned or requested.
- May be responsible for classroom supervision in the absence of the teacher.
- Support daily and long range lessons and activities under the direction of a certified teacher to meet Individual Education Plan (IEP) goals.
- May assist and escort student in bus transference, which may involve lifting children and/or equipment.
- May provide assistance to students in non-classroom settings.
- Assist students with daily functions such as food preparation, hand over hand or tube feeding, toileting, etc., as well as life skills instructions.
- Communicate with parents and other school personnel as needed.
- Collaborate and consult with special needs team and other specialists on various activities, planning, and resource allocations.
Benefits
- This position is eligible for health, vision, dental, health savings account (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), District paid and voluntary additional (supplemental) life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, critical illness and accident voluntary insurance, employee assistance program (EAP), voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plan options.
- This position is eligible for paid sick and personal time.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
