Educational Aide (Prekindergarten)
Department of Defense Education Activity
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Educational Aide
Department of Defense Education Activity
Department of Defense
Job Description
Summary
This job is for an educational aide at a Department of Defense school in Georgia, where you'll support teachers by helping students with lessons, monitoring their activities, and preparing classroom materials for the 2026/2027 school year.
It's a hands-on role in a classroom setting, involving tasks like tutoring, grading tests, and supervising field trips.
A good fit would be someone patient and organized who enjoys working with kids and has basic office or educational experience, or relevant college education.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of general experience in clerical, office, or similar work that demonstrates ability to learn educational support skills
- Education substitution: 2 years (60 semester hours) of undergraduate education above high school
- Combination of education and experience that totals 100% of the requirement (e.g., months of experience divided by 12 plus semester hours divided by 60)
- Strong communication skills for interacting with students and staff
- Ability to follow media and standards in educational settings
- Competency in teaching or tutoring others, including preparing materials and providing support in various subjects
- U.S. citizenship required
Full Job Description
THIS IS FOR THE 2026/2027 SCHOOL YEAR. This position is located at: Department of Defense Education Activity - Americas, Southeast District, White Elementary School, Fort Benning, Georgia.
Description of the Working Environment: Work is performed in a classroom setting. Who May Apply: U.S.
Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).
You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Experience required: To qualify based on experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job.
General experience is defined as: progressively responsible clerical, office or other work that indicates ability to acquire the particular knowledge and skills needed to perform the duties of an Educational Aide.
Education Substitution: Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience above in order to qualify.
For this job, you may qualify if your education meets the definitions below: 1) Qualifying based on education alone: Education may be substituted for general experience with 2 years (60 semester hours) of education above high school.
2) Qualifying based on a combination of education and general experience: A combination of education and general experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.
To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of qualifying experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of undergraduate education by 60. Add the 2 percentages.
Note: For the purpose of qualifications, 1 full year of undergraduate education is equivalent to 30 semester hours.
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Communications and Media Standards Teaching Others Major Duties:
- Distributing/collecting testing materials as needed by students.
- Grading/providing testing results using identified scoring techniques.
- Monitoring students during various phases of school day.
- Preparing instructional materials related to classroom lessons.
- Providing tutoring to students in all subject areas.
- Accompanying/supervising students on field trips.
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