Educational Assistant - Arroyos

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •High school graduate or equivalent
• •Associate degree
• •Successfully passing the Para-Pro exam
• •First Aid/CPR certification
• •Successful recent work experience in a field related to the position
• •Valid New Mexico State Driver's License
• •Educational Assistant License issued by the NM Public Education Department
• •Ability to lift and/or move 25 to 50 pounds
• •Ability to adjust focus
• •Close vision
• •Distance vision
• •Color vision
• •Peripheral vision
• •Depth perception
• •Ability to hear
• •Ability to speak
• •Ability to sit
• •Ability to carry
• •Ability to move about
• •Ability to work in outside weather conditions
• •Ability to be exposed to wet and/or humid conditions
• •Ability to be exposed to fumes or airborne particles
• •Ability to be exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
• •Ability to be exposed to blood or other potentially infectious materials
• •Ability to be exposed to infectious disease
• •Ability to be exposed to student noise
• •Ability to be exposed to learning resource noise levels
• •Ability to be exposed to aggressive student behaviors
• •Ability to wear and utilize safety equipment
• •Ability to travel in school owned or leased vehicles
• •Ability to break up fights
• •Ability to intervene when students are not in control or may be in dangerous or unsafe situations
• •Ability to assist, move, or restrain students with greater weight when required to intervene in student safety issues
• •Ability to enforce safe behaviors
• •Ability to communicate with students, parents, and community members with respect and confidentiality
• •Ability to supervise students
• •Ability to provide instructional support and tutoring
• •Ability to document behavior of students
• •Ability to maintain or assist in maintaining student weekly progress reports
• •Ability to follow Board policies
• •Ability to stay abreast of updates and changes
• •Ability to work with a high level of independence and professional discretion
• •Ability to work under the day-to-day direction of the Principal, Principal Designee, or District Designee
• •Ability to work in accordance with acceptable professional practice, school and district policies and regulations
• •Ability to work in accordance with provisions of Taos Municipal Schools district policies and procedures
• •Ability to work in accordance with direction of the supervisor
• •Ability to work in accordance with performance standards and expectations as set forth by the collective bargaining agreement
• •Ability to work in special education classrooms
• •Ability to work in regular education classrooms for special needs students
• •Ability to work in one-on-one or small group situations
• •Ability to escort students in one-on-one or small groups to and from recess and playground
• •Ability to escort students to and from bus location
• •Ability to ride the bus with student(s)
• •Ability to oversee student safety
• •Ability to supervise recess and playground
• •Ability to supervise bus duty
• •Ability to supervise hallway
• •Ability to assist teachers in assessment
• •Ability to assist teachers in curriculum implementation
• •Ability to assist teachers in student interactions
• •Ability to enhance social growth of students in the classroom
• •Ability to take steps to intervene when students are not in control or may be in dangerous or unsafe situations
• •Ability to wear and utilize safety equipment designed to minimize the risk of injury to the employee and to the student