EDUCATIONAL AIDE (PREKINDERGARTEN)
Department of Defense Education Activity
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EDUCATIONAL AIDE (PREKINDERGARTEN)
Department of Defense Education Activity
Department of Defense
Job Description
Summary
This job is for an educational aide in a prekindergarten classroom at a Department of Defense school on a military base in Georgia, where you'll help support young students' learning and daily activities under the guidance of teachers.
It involves tasks like monitoring kids during meals and playtime, joining parent meetings, and stepping in when teachers are away to keep things running smoothly.
It's a great fit for someone who enjoys working with young children, has basic office or caregiving experience, and wants a supportive role in an elementary school environment.
Key Requirements
- At least one year of general experience in clerical, office, or similar work that shows ability to learn educational support skills
- Or, 2 years (60 semester hours) of education above high school as a substitute for experience
- Or, a combination of education and experience that totals 100% of the requirement
- Strong communication skills for interacting with students, parents, and staff
- Ability to teach or assist in basic learning activities and maintain classroom standards
- Eligibility under specific Department of Defense employment categories, with proof of status
- Comfort working in a school setting with prekindergarten through 6th grade students
Full Job Description
About the position: Charles P. Murray Elementary School is part of the Georgia Schools Community which is part of the DoWEA Americas Southeast District.
Murray serves students from Prekindergarten (PK) through 6th grade.
This position is located at: Department of War Education Activity, Department of War Education Activity Southeast District, Charles P. Murray Elementary School,Fort Stewart, GA.
Description of Working Environment: Work is performed in a classroom setting.
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 Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) Civilian Employee Current Excepted Service Department of War Education Activity (DoWEA) Employee Current Excepted Service Department of War Employee Current Excepted Service Employee Current Permanent Department of Defense (DoD) Civilian Employee Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI) Non-Department of War (DoW) Transfer Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities Priority Placement Program, DoW Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoW Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoW MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoW Retained Grade Preference Eligible 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:
- Participates in home visits, parent teacher conferences and other meetings.
- Ensures continuity of program in teacher’s absence.
- Monitoring students during various phases of school day (i.e. Lunch, playground, classroom, etc).
- Maintains a clean and organized learning environment.
- Preparing instructional materials related to classroom lessons.
- Assists with teaching personal care routines: feeding, toileting and personal hygiene.
- Operates Instructional equipment and technology devices.
- Accompanying/supervising students on field trips.
- Produce material to display educational objectives to class.
- Apply assistive technology for recording student data.
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