PBIS Educational Assistant

West Ottawa Schools

MI

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
High School Diploma, Physical Demands, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, Regulations, Staff Training, Training/Teaching
LOCATION
MI
POSTED
11 days ago

id='p4030_'>PBIS Educational Assistant JobID: 4030

Position Type:

Support Staff/Behavioral Education Assistant

Date Posted:

6/11/2026

Location:

Lakewood Elementary School

Date Available:

08/27/2026

Closing Date:

Until filled

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Notice of Support Staff Posting

Position: PBIS Educational Assistant Posting # 4030

  • Lakewood Elementary

Posting Dates: June 5, 2026 Until Filled

Reports To: Principal

Beginning: August 27, 2026

Hours: 29.5 hours per week

Monday Friday

School Year/Full Time

Position Overview: The PBIS Educational Assistant works closely with elementary students to explicitly teach and reinforce essential behavioral, social, and emotional skills. Through the Skills-Based approach, this role focuses on helping students build strategies for self-regulation, problem-solving, and positive interactions in a way that supports their safety and dignity. Support is individualized based on student needs, and the specific school location may vary depending on student caseloads and district priorities.

Job Responsibilities:

  • Teaching Replacement Skills:

  • Actively teach students functional communication, such as how to request a break or ask for help, as a safe alternative to challenging behavior.

  • Maintaining HRE (Happy, Relaxed, Engaged):

  • Continuously monitor and support the student's emotional state to ensure they remain in a positive learning "zone." You will proactively adjust the environment to prevent escalation.

  • Tolerance Training:

  • Guide students through "skill branches" that teach them how to tolerate "no," follow instructions, and transition between tasks while staying regulated.

  • Individualized Support:

  • Work 1-on-1 to carry out specific protocols derived from

  • Practical Functional Assessment and Skill-Based Treatment in Schools Data Collection & Reporting:

  • Accurately track student progress, focusing on the frequency of new skill use and the maintenance of an HRE state.

  • Crisis Prevention:

  • Utilize gentle, assent-based de-escalation techniques to ensure a safe and supportive environment for all.

Other Information:

  • High School diploma or equivalent (Associate's degree or ParaPro certification preferred)
  • Able to be flexible and adjust quickly to the needs of the day
  • Experience working with children is preferred.
  • Willing to work in cold weather

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.

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West Ottawa Schools