Summary:
About the Position
These positions are located within the Europe South District. Hours may vary. 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)
Duties
Work with students individually or in small groups, in accordance with plans developed by the specialist and educator. Lift, carries, transfers, and facilitates the motor development of students with physical disabilities. Provide first aid assistance to students who receive minor injuries. Assist and observes playground and recreational activities during physical education and recess periods. Perform a variety of administrative tasks, such as maintaining attendance records, filing student evaluations, scheduling make-up work, assisting the organization of field trips, and reviewing assignments. Interact with school staff, students, and parents in a positive manner, and maintains confidentiality where the rights of children and parents are concerned.
Qualifications
- 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 DoWEA Employee within the Commuting Area Excepted Service Overseas Family Member Appointment Family Member Preference (FMP) for Overseas Employment Military Spouse Preference (MSP) for Overseas Employment Maximum Use of Flexibilies 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 Aid (Special Education), 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 Interpersonal Skills Standards Teaching Others Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks may not be promoted more than 2 grades within the preceding 52 weeks. This position requires a 2-year trial period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct
- agency needs and interests
- whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals
- and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest Education: Foreign Degrees and Course Work from Non-accredited Institutions. Foreign Degrees and Course Work from Non-accredited Institutions. Credits or degrees earned from a foreign college or university must be evaluated prior to acceptance. Three evaluation procedures are acceptable: a. The work must be evaluated and interpreted by a current member of National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES). This website provides a list of current organizations who can perform your evaluation. You must select and work directly with one of these organizations. b. The foreign institution that awarded the degree is on a list endorsed by a regionally accredited university or on a list endorsed by a state department of education for the purpose of teacher certification in that state (this procedure will require an English translation of the transcript and a copy of the document awarding the degree, together with an authenticated list produced by an American university or a state department of education)
- and c. The work may be evaluated by the graduate division of a regionally accredited university and declared the equivalent of similar undergraduate or graduate work in a U.S. institution. Graduates of non-accredited institutions may have their undergraduate work validated by admittance to graduate school and completion of a minimum of 5 SH of credit in a regionally accredited graduate college. Failure to provide all the required information as stated in the vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating
