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Educational Assistant Interventionist

Location : Extended Learning Services

Disclaimer : This position is grant funded. Funds for this position are expected to be available up to the end of the 2024-2025 school year. In addition to other specified conditions of employment, the applicant understands that no guarantee of continued employment, beyond the availability of the funds, is expressed or implied by Deming Public Schools.

Job Details

Title Educational Assistant Interventionist

Posting ID

Description BEGINNING DATE : 24-25 School Year

SALARY : Classified Salary Schedule / Grade 24 - $18.42

APPLICATION :

IN-DISTRICT : Letter of interest through TalentEd Recruit & Hire website

OUT-OF-DISTRICT : Complete an application through the TalentEd Recruit & Hire website

APPLICATION DEADLINE : Until Filled

QUALIFICATIONS :

Applicant must be highly qualified which requires one of the following :

• Associate's Degree or
• 48 specific college credit hours as listed by NM State Statute or
• Passing of the Paraprofessional Test (which will be scheduled after a person is offered the position)

Job Summary :

Under the guidance and direction of the High Dosage Tutoring Facilitator, the Interventionist will implement targeted interventions in English Langue Arts and Math to students in kindergarten through fifth grade.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

Provide targeted intervention to students in a small group setting.

Maintain a four student per tutor ratio.

Track student progress over a 14 week period.

Provide minimum of 90 minutes of tutoring per week.

Provides consistent student grouping and tutor assignments.

Provides responsive support to students of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Ensure positive tutor-student relationships

Participate in meetings with the High Dosage Tutoring Facilitator

Participates in high dosage tutoring training.

Performs other related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE OF :

Techniques, policies, and practices of child instruction.

Child discipline.

Emergency and safety procedures.

Policies and objectives of assigned programs.

Modern office practices and procedures.

School site and assigned, policies, and procedures.

Basic principles and techniques of education.

Correct English usage.

Operation of modern office equipment including PC and related software.

First aid and CPR.

Educational needs of students with multiple needs.

ABILITY TO :

Prepare a variety of records and reports.

Establish and maintain effective relationships with others.

Operate a variety of modern office equipment.

Communicate effectively orally and in writing.

Understand and follow oral and written directions.

Perform routine clerical duties.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE :

High school diploma or GED certificate.

Educational course work and prior classroom experience preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS :

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.

Ability to write simple correspondence.

Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to

students, parents, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS :

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure, using whole

numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY :

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in

written, oral, or diagram form.

Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized

situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS :

Level 3 Educational Assistant K-12 license

Complete required VECTOR Training

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met

by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use

hands to finger, handle or feel; and talk or hear.

The employee is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must lift and / or move up to 25 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in inside environmental conditions.

The employee frequently works with a video display terminal for prolonged periods. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

THE DEMING PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, AGE, SEX, MARITAL STATUS, OR HANDICAP IN COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

Updated February 2025