Educational Assistant / Special Education Assistant
Application Process

Thank you for your interest in seeking employment as an Educational Assistant/Special Education Assistant with the Madison Metropolitan School District. The District accepts applications for these positions at any time. When we receive your application we will check references, and if, based on your references, you qualify for employment with our District, you will be placed into the hiring pool. Once in the pool, your name will be referred out to individual schools as openings occur that require experience and training similar to your background. You will interview with the principal at each school to which you are referred. The principal will inform you that you are recommended for hire or that you are no longer under consideration. Timelines vary, depending on the volume of applications received and the number of vacancies.

If you are hired, Human Resources will be notified and will send you a New Hire Packet with forms that must be completed before you start working. These forms include:

State (W-4) and Federal (W-T4) tax forms
Verification of Employment Eligibility
Candidate Disclosure Statement (so the District can conduct a criminal records check)
Department of Public Instruction License Application

We will also authorize you to have a pre-employment physical performed at Concentra Medical Centers. When we receive all the required forms and the results of your physical, you will be able to begin working.

Your application is kept on file for one year. If you have not been hired and desire to remain in the applicant pool after one year, please contact us and we will continue to keep your application with us active.

If you should have any questions regarding the screening and hiring process for Substitute Special Education Assistants, please contact Elaine Wirsbinski, Personnel Analyst, at (608) 663-1748.

If, because of a disability, you require the assistance of auxiliary aides or services in conjunction with the EA application process, please call (608) 663-1748 or TTY (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf) (608) 663-1744 to make arrangements.

MMSD Department of Human Resources
545 W. Dayton Street, Room 133
Madison, WI 53703-1995

MMSD Job Line: (608) 663-1865
TTY (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf): (608) 663-1744
Fax: (608) 204-0346

The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) does not discriminate on the basis of religion, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, physical appearance, marital status, disability, arrest or conviction record, membership in the national guard, state defense force, or any reserve component of the military forces of the United States or this state, political belief, sexual orientation, less than honorable discharge, source of income or the fact that an individual is a student.