• Job Description

  Req#: 5149332

  Position Summary

  The Family Resource Educational Assistant (EA) position is responsible for providing support to families in our school system. The Family Resource EA works in collaboration with building staff to ensure families have access to needed supports by seeking out available resources and then assisting families with accessing those resources. The Family Resource EA supports families directly with navigating required paperwork for resources and connecting with organizations.

  Essential Functions

  Essential duties of this position include the following. Employees in this position perform some or all of the following tasks. Other duties may be assigned.

  • Greet / support families when expressing needs to office staff.
  • Assists families with required paperwork / documentation to qualify for services through District programs or partner organizations.
  • Develop and prioritize lists of family and student needs.
  • Support families to secure resources and provide a warm hand-off to the organization / team that will provide additional supports in those areas.
  • Compete initial paperwork and documentation to orient the family for necessary services.
  • Work in collaboration with building staff to ensure families have access to needed supports.
  • Work in collaboration with building and District staff to ensure families have access to needed supports.
  • Operate various office machines.
  • Schedules conferences and programs as required including creating schedules, contacting all invited parties, preparing confirmation and distributing materials to all parties.
  • Monitoring supply usage.
  • Preparing and processing documents and reports requiring familiarity of program subject matter knowledge.
  • Completes required District logs, forms, and paperwork as required.
  • Maintains student discipline in the absence of the teacher.
  • Assists students with behavior management, including de-escalation, conflict resolution, and adherence to behavioral expectations.
  • Assists students develop positive interpersonal relationships with peers and adults.
  • May perform general office duties including answering multiline phones, routing telephone calls or messages to appropriate staff, greeting the public, typing, filing, sorting and handling incoming and outgoing mail.
  • May type correspondence, reports, and other documents for program area staff; may compose correspondence according to general instructions; performing “production level” word processing tasks.
  • May assist in Health Room by providing first aide.
  • May provide direct assistance to student’s behavioral, academic and or personal needs.
  • May assess and records student academic and behavior measures.
  • Perform duties associated with general record keeping.
  • Attends in-service trainings and staff meetings as directed.
  • Conduct basic data entry assignments.
  • May assist with attendance, attendance monitoring, and attendance reporting.
  • Other related duties may be assigned.

  Minimum Qualifications

  Education/Experience

  • Associates degree or higher (attach diploma); OR
  • Completion of two years post-secondary study consisting of 72 credit hours, 48 semester units (attach transcripts); OR
  • High school diploma or General Education Diploma (GED) AND
  • Meet a rigorous standard of quality, and can demonstrate, through a formal state or local academic assessment or para-professional certificate program, knowledge of, and the ability to assist in instructing, as appropriate, reading/language arts, writing and mathematics or reading readiness, writing readiness and mathematics readiness.

  Certificates, Licenses, Registration & Other Requirements

  • Ability to obtain and hold a valid First Aid/CPR card and pass SafeSchools training modules as assigned.
  • Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance

  Desired Qualifications

  • Related experience in an educational setting.
  • Bilingual/Biliterate preferred

  Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (May be acquired through education, training, and/or experience.)

  Knowledge of: District policies and procedures; modern office practices and procedures; letter writing, correct language usage; receptionist, telephone and record keeping/filing systems; computer hardware and software programs and their usage; modern office equipment; safety and first aid practices and procedures.

  Ability to: understand and apply District and school policies and procedures; maintain appropriate appearance and attire; maintain regular and acceptable attendance and punctuality, as set forth in Board policy greet stakeholders; provide information pertaining to area and/or District/School policies, procedures and other pertinent information; operate maintain and arrange for repair various office/school equipment; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted during the course of work and from diverse backgrounds; interacts thoughtfully and courteously with students, staff, parents, and community members and resolves conflict in a professional manner; maintain records; utilize keyboarding skills commensurate with the required functions for this position; communicate effectively both orally and in writing; utilize appropriate grammar and spelling when corresponding, make mathematical calculations accurately; follow oral and written instructions.

  Veterans’s Preference
  It is our policy to provide qualifying veterans and disabled veterans with preference in employment in accordance with applicable law. Applicants wishing to claim veterans' preference must provide the following military documents verifying their eligibility:

  • Veterans : A copy of the applicant's Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (a federal DD Form 214 or 215), which shows character of service upon discharge OR a letter from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs indicating the applicant receives a non-service connected pension.
  • Disabled Veterans : A copy of the applicant's Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (a federal DD Form 214 or 215), which shows character of service upon discharge AND a copy of the applicant’s veteran's disability preference letter from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (unless the information is included on the DD Form 214 or 215).

  For veterans’ preference to apply, the required military documents must be submitted at the time of application submission.

• About the company

  Springfield School District, also called Springfield Public Schools, is a public school district in Lane County, Oregon, United States.

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