Educational Aide (SPED Assessor)
Enter assessment data into school-level data management systems and organize assessor files for special education evaluations at Ryukyu Middle School.
Responsibilities
Enter assessment data into school-level data management systems.
Organize and maintain assessor files beginning with assessment planning through eligibility completion.
Communicate with appropriate personnel to notify them of suspense dates and when each phase of the assessment process is completed.
Coordinate with ISS Special Education for outside evaluation requests.
Ensure required forms, reports, and protocols are organized and completed for turn-over.
Requirements
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 DoDEA Employee within the Commuting Area
- Current Excepted Service DoDEA 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
- Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
- Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
- Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
Qualifications
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 Education Aide (SPED Assessor), such as preparing documents, creating schedules and other documents through the use of a personal computer, or manage and organize material.
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.
Evaluation Areas
You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:
- Communications and Media
- Special Education Support Standards
- Teaching Others
Benefits
Additional Info
Locations
- Kadena Air Base Okinawa, Japan
Position Details
Located at Ryukyu Middle School in the Pacific South District. 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).
Additional Information
- Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
- Locality pay does not apply in the overseas area.
- This position is not covered by a bargaining unit.
- School year part-time seasonal work schedules include periods in a non-pay/non-duty status during the holidays and spring and summer recess periods, meaning no pay is received during these periods.
- Part-time employees are entitled holiday pay when the holiday falls on a day otherwise required to work or take leave.
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens who are not considered Ordinarily Resident under the applicable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).
- A non-U.S. Citizen may be considered after meeting ALL of the following requirements: Valid active green card, Social Security Number (SSN), AND must have resided in the United States for a period of at least three years.
- Pay retention may be offered to selected applicants for positions at overseas locations.
- Applicants must comply with the Exceptional Family Member Program requirements.
- Access to care in a military treatment facility may not be available to civilian employees except on a space available basis.
- For positions in a foreign country, that country's laws or international agreements may have a direct impact on the ability of an employee's same sex domestic partner or spouse to accompany the employee and receive certain benefits.
- Applicants with a disability who need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should notify David Walton [email protected].
How to Apply
To apply for this position, you must complete the online questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section above. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 04/23/2026 to receive consideration.
Required Documents
The documents you are required to submit vary based on the authority you are using to apply. Please review the following links to see which documents you need to provide to prove your eligibility to apply: Applicant Checklist for Internal/Merit Promotion Announcements.
- Your resume: Your resume must be two pages or less and must support the general experience described in this announcement.
- Other supporting documents: MSP/FMP: Military Spouse Preference OR Family Member Preference eligible must provide sponsor orders that should include the date reporting SF50 (required): You must submit a copy of your most recent SF50, Notification of Personnel Action.
- Proof of Eligibility to Apply: Your application MUST include the documents which prove you are eligible to apply for the vacancy.
- Transcripts: This position allows for substitution of education for experience. If qualifying based on education, you MUST submit a copy of all applicable transcripts (unofficial or official) with your application package.
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