Position Type: Secretarial/Clerical/Secretary
LOCATION: Meridian Administration Office
DESCRIPTION: Full-Time Secondary English Language Arts (ELA) Teacher
DATE AVAILIABLE: 8/11/2025
QUALIFICATIONS: High School Diploma, or equivalent with a minimum of two years previous school office experience preferred.
RATE OF PAY: Starting at $15.36 per hour per new MOPA contract.
DEADLINE TO APPLY: June 30, 2025 or UNTIL FILLED
SUMMARY: Serves as confidential administrative assistant to the Special Education Director and as a facilitator for the Special Education students and families being served. Assists Special Education Director by performing office support duties.
REPORTS TO: Special Education Director
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.
- Maintain discretion and loyalty with confidential information.
- Serves as confidential administrative assistant to the Special Education Director.
- Ability to work with a large, diversified population of students and staff.
- Demonstrates the ability to work without direct supervision.
- Provide well-organized and accurate work.
- Act as a primary liaison between Special Education Director, administration, faculty, and school community.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Special Education Director.
Office Organization:
- Manages multiple projects with ease and accuracy, meeting short and long-term deadlines.
- Takes initiative in locating useful information relevant to on-going projects or program needs.
- Schedules IEP's for the Special Education Director and takes initiative to provide reminders to help manage Special Education Director's schedule with regard to meetings, phone calls, appointments, etc.
- Types, prepares, distributes, and files confidential Special Education records/reports to all necessary parties.
- Reviews Special Education Director's mail; brings attention to important pieces of mail.
- Assists the Special Education Director in the coordination of office support work for the Special Education department.
- Special Education Office and classroom supply purchasing.
- Maintains Special Education school records and files for buildings and Special Education Director.
- Takes initiative in proofreading all copies before it leaves the office.
Communication:
- Good listener using a calming mannerism when individuals are angry or a stressful situation is present.
- Works in a collaborative fashion with staff, other district departments, parents, and community members.
- Makes and receives telephone calls, takes messages, routes calls (including Special Education Director’s forwarded calls)
- Use language correctly, effectively, and respectfully.
- Set the invitational tone of the school through presence and tone.
- Demonstrate an openness to discuss suggestions.
Student Data – Information in Skyward and Illuminate:
- Identify IEP information and special circumstances in both systems.
- Responsible for accurate student information and the timely reporting of student Special Education information for Count, including overseeing and understanding all parts of the Special Education process of gathering and verifying the accuracy of Worksheet B's and Count summary information forms that are submitted to the District Secretary.
- Other support as needed.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required; and minimum of two years previous school office experience preferred.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before parents, staff, students and the community. Demonstrated ability to use both oral and written English appropriately and effectively. Demonstrated effective phone etiquette.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to perform basic math computations including rates, ratio, and percent’s using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Accounting skills required for budget purposes.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Demonstrated ability to use good judgment in decision-making.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Ability to successfully pass basic competency, computer skills testing assessments and ability to successfully pass a typing test with a high degree of accuracy. Demonstrated ability to proficiently operate a computer and related software (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Skyward, SDS, Internet, etc.) Ability to develop effective working relationships with students, staff, and the school community. Ability to maintain a calm demeanor and remain professional in stressful situations. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. Ability to perform duties through knowledge of all district requirements and Board of Education policies. Ability to prioritize work and organize work; with delegating as appropriate. Ability to multi-task. Demonstrated ability to deal with confidential information with a high degree of discretion and loyalty.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is almost continuously required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to walk and stand. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and occasionally will repeat the same hand, arm or finger motion many times as in typing. The employee occasionally will lift and carry up to ten pounds and push/pull up to 40 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Attendance and punctuality are expectations of the position.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The noise level in the work environment is acceptable to this particular environment. However, the noise level can vary depending upon daily activity but will still remain within the acceptable noise level range. The employee continuously is interacting with the public, staff and students. The employee frequently will be required to meet multiple demands from several people with short notices, deadlines, and shifting priorities. The employee will be distracted and interrupted by such influences as people, phone calls, noise, etc.
