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Posted: April 1, 2026 (1 day ago)

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Educational Aide/ Educational Aide (Kindergarten)

Department of Defense Education Activity

Department of Defense

Fresh

Location

Location not specified

Salary

$17.82 - $22.29

per hour

Closes

September 30, 2026More DOD jobs →

SES Pay Grade

Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900

Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves supporting teachers and students in a kindergarten or general education setting within Department of Defense schools in the Pacific West Region, with tasks like preparing materials, tutoring, monitoring students, and helping with tests and field trips.

It's a good fit for someone with basic office or clerical experience who enjoys working with young children and wants to assist in a school environment.

Candidates need to live nearby and qualify under specific military or family employment preferences.

Key Requirements

  • One year of general experience in clerical, office, or related work demonstrating ability to handle administrative tasks like preparing documents or instructional materials
  • Two years of post-high school education from an accredited institution, or a combination of education and experience equating to 100% of the requirement
  • Reside within the local commuting area of the position location in the Pacific West Region
  • Meet one of the specified employment eligibility categories, such as current DoDEA employees, military spouses, family members, or priority placement programs
  • Strong communication skills for interacting with students and staff
  • Ability to teach or tutor others, particularly in basic subject areas for kindergarten or general education
  • Competency in following media and standards for educational support tasks

Full Job Description

About the Position: Positions are located within the Pacific West Region. These positions are not covered by a bargaining unit.

All candidates must reside within the local commuting area where the position is located.

Local commuting area is defined as the geographic area surrounding a work site that encompasses the localities where people live and reasonably can be expected to travel back and forth daily to work based on the generally held expectations of the local community.

(5 CFR 575.203) Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Competitive Service Civilian DoWEA Employee within the Commuting Area Current Excepted Service Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) Employee Excepted Service Overseas Family Member Appointment Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Priority Placement Program, DoW Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoW MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoW Retained Grade Preference Eligible 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.

General Experience: One year of general experience.

General experience is 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 / Educational Aide (Kindergarten), such as preparing letters, schedules and other documents through the use of a personal computer, or assisting with the preparation of instructional materials.

OR Education: Two years of education above the high school level obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college, college or university.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and 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 experience by 12. Then divide your semester hours of by 60. Add the two percentages.

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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Posted on USAJOBS: 4/1/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/2/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: NC7X-26-12908150-MP-S