Academic Support Specialist

Apis Services Inc•Woodridge, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Academic Support Specialist at Abraxas Youth and Family Services - Woodridge Interventions. This is a full-time position with a pay rate of $20.00/hour, and DailyPay is available. Abraxas Youth and Family Services is dedicated to improving lives through high-quality services and support, helping individuals achieve greater independence, confidence, and success. Employees play a vital role in promoting dignity, respect, inclusion, and personal choice, making a meaningful impact daily by supporting people in reaching their goals and living their best lives. The role involves providing educational, recreational, and therapeutic services, substitute teaching, supervising students, serving as a role model, ensuring student safety, reporting significant changes to supervisors, collaborating with staff, attending meetings, providing one-on-one academic assistance for students with IEPs, assisting with in-school and off-campus activities, working with the social workers on the transition team, providing supervision and transportation for activities, and serving as an instructor for online learning classes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college/university.
Paraprofessional license with the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) or willingness to obtain - Substitute teaching license with ISBE or willingness to obtain.
At least twenty-one (21) years of age
Must have a valid Driver's License
Physical exam that includes TB and drug testing.
Must pass both federal and state background checks which screen for crimes including, but not limited to drug related crimes, violent crimes, sexual abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, and repeated misdemeanors.
Satisfactory completion of background screening and applicable pre-employment checks, including but not limited to employment and/or personal reference and driving records.
Ability to work with computers and the necessary software typically used by the department.

Responsibilities

Provide a full range of educational, recreational and therapeutic services directed toward the education and well-being of students
Substitute teaching as needed for other classroom-based academic classes such as Science, Mathematics, English, and Social Sciences
Participate and supervise students throughout their daily activities
Provide leadership and serve as a role-model for students in their academic activities
Provide safety and care to our students throughout the school day
Report significant changes in behavior, attitude or physical condition to supervisors and social workers
Interact with educational and therapeutic staff to ensure overall goals are accomplished
Participate in staff meetings regarding students and daily events
Provide individualized one-on-one academic assistance in a variety of subjects for students with Individualized Education Plans (IEP) in order to achieve a level of performance and comprehension that is in line with IEP goals and expectations
Assist in planning, organizing and facilitating in-school activities/events as well a off-campus field trips
Work alongside the social workers on the transition team to encourage and facilitate involvement in outside educational, transitional, and work-based programs
Provide supervision and transportation to/from other various activities, organized sports, and after school programs that our students participate in
Serve as the instructor for online learning classes of multiple subjects such as Consumer Education, History, Algebra, Geometry, Cosmetology, Theatre, English, etc.
Taking attendance
Keeping track of and reporting student grades
Providing further instruction and/or assistance with unfamiliar topics
Monitoring the progress and activity of each individual student