Ed Assistant - Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) K-1

Notice of Support Staff Posting

Position: ASD � Education Assistant (K-1) Posting # 3945

-Sheldon Woods Elementary 

Posting Dates: March 19, 2026 � Until Filled 

Reports To: Principal

Beginning: Immediately

Hours: 35 hours per week

8:50 a.m. to 3:53 p.m.

Qualifications: 

• Experience with school aged children

Job Responsibilities: 

• Support student 1:1 or in small group support during academic instruction
• Help implement IEP goals (academic, behavioral, communication, social)
• Support students with task initiation, completion, and transitions
• Support the use of AAC devices, visuals, PECS, or communication systems
• Assist with arrival, dismissal, and daily transitions
• Support students with independence in routines (lining up, cleaning up, following schedules)
• Prepare and organize materials (visual schedules, task bins, sensory tools)
• Assist with toileting, hygiene, feeding, and dressing as needed
• Supervise and support students during recess, lunch, and specials
• Follow district and building policies and procedures
• Demonstrate patience, flexibility, and consistency
• Participate in team meetings and trainings when appropriate

Other Information:

• CPI trained or willing to be trained in CPI
• 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.