GSRP Educational Assistant

Notice of Support Staff Posting

Position:                      GSRP Educational Assistant                                                  Posting # 4014

• Great Lakes Elementary 

Posting Dates:             May 27, 2026 � Until Filled 

Reports To:                 Principal

Beginning:                   August 24, 2026         

Hours:                         28 hours per week

                                    Monday - Thursday

                                    School Year/Part-time

Qualifications: 

• CDA (Child Development Associate) credentials is preferred, or willingness to obtain the CDA
• Experience working with children and teaching them developmentally appropriate skills.
• Demonstrate good attendance, punctuality and excellent communication/organizational skills
• Demonstrates friendliness, dependability and trustworthiness towards others.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Works with Lead GSRP team to uphold classroom requirements, standards and guidelines aligned with the Michigan early Childhood Standards of High Quality
• Collaborates with the teacher to collect and keep accurate records on the child's developmental stages
• Attends staff meetings and recommendation training programs to maintain or obtain CDA credentials

Other Information: 

• Willing to work in cold weather
• Able to be flexible and adjust quickly to the needs of the day

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.