Grants Pass School District No. 7 is now accepting applications for the following position for the 2022-2023 school year: 

Riverside Elementary

Educational Assistant- Special Education- Site Based- PALS

(2 positions available)

Hours TBD; 16-21 hours weekly

DESCRIPTION: The PALS classroom is a site-based program for elementary-aged students with significant challenges due to Autism Spectrum Disorder. This classroom is an ORPATS (Oregon Regional Program Autism Training Site) site and staff receives extra training and support in the use of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) strategies including: Discrete Trial Training (DTT), Pivotal Response Training (PRT), and Functional Routines (FR). Our students require visual instruction methods including: visual schedules, visual communication strategies (icon exchange), and structured environments.

The successful candidate will have:

1. Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade. Also one of the following three options:

• Two years of college study
• An associate’s (or higher) degree
• A passing score on the District’s reading, writing and math assessment.

1. Preferred: supplemented by college level work or special vocational training in Special Education principles and practices, behavior management, and/or procedures related to basic physical/medical needs and personal hygiene. Two years of responsible instructional assistance experience, preferably involving contact with students who have some form of learning or physical disability or special cultural, social/behavioral needs.
2. Assists in the planning and implementing of specialized learning experiences of students enrolled in the program: confers with teacher.
3. Other duties may be ordering, preparing, record keeping, monitoring, typing filing, duplicating, evaluation, correcting, other clerical work and other duties as assigned.
4. Duties may involve working with students who need feeding, support with toileting challenges, as well as social/communication/sensory differences that may lead to challenging behaviors (restraining, at times, due to aggressive behavior).
5. Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with fellow employees and ability to get along well with students.
6. Bilingual and bi-literate in Spanish preferred.

STARTING SALARY RANGE: $17.04-$24.61 per hour. Dependent on experience/education.

Application materials will be accepted online until position is filled.

PH: 541-474-5700 Email: jbrouillette@grantspass.k12.or.us

Grants Pass School District 7 strives to create an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the diversity of our staff and students. We foster fairness, equity and inclusion to create a workplace environment where everyone is treated with respect and dignity. We are most interested in finding the best candidate for the position, and we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t believe you meet every one of our qualifications described. If you are unsure whether you meet the qualifications of this position, or how this would be determined, please feel free to contact Human Resources to discuss your application.

The Grants Pass School District No. 7 will provide reasonable accommodation for the application and interview process upon request and as required in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Disabled persons may contact the Director of Personnel at 474-5700 for additional information or assistance. Speech/Hearing impaired persons may contact the district for assistance through the Oregon Relay at 1-800-735-2900.

Funding for all district positions for the 2022-2023 school year is subject to state funding.