Assistant Teacher

WALKER INC • Needham, MA

1d • $24 - $26 • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Teacher works as part of a three-person classroom team under the supervision of an Education Coordinator. The classroom serves up to nine children with social, emotional, learning, and behavioral disabilities. The role primarily involves assisting students with academic tasks and supporting the overall learning environment. The classroom team creates and maintains a structured, consistent, nurturing setting during classroom and recreational activities. The Assistant Teacher is expected to provide child-centered, family-focused, culturally competent care and strengths-based treatment.

The position also involves supporting residential students during school vacation weeks, holidays, snow days, and morning wake-ups as needed. The Assistant Teacher implements developmentally appropriate activities, treatment protocols, and therapeutic strategies, and contributes to communication, documentation, meetings, supervision, and professional development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Ability to be flexible and work collaboratively.
• Ability to respond to emergency situations quickly and safely.
• Ability to work in a stressful, fast-paced environment.
• Understanding of child development and the impact of emotional, behavioral, and learning disabilities.
• Understanding of confidentiality.
• Receptiveness to supervision and professional development.
• Ability to work and stand for extended periods.
• Ability to bend, stoop, stretch, and lift as required.
• Ability to perform therapeutic physical intervention as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with social, emotional, behavioral, and learning disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to further children’s emotional, behavioral, and educational development.
• Maintain a classroom atmosphere conducive to learning and manage student behavior effectively in small and large groups.
• Support residential students on their units during school vacation weeks, holidays, snow days, and morning wake-ups as needed.
• Plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities and programming for the group.
• Apply Walker’s model of childcare, including Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), trauma-informed care, cooperative group games, and behavioral support; use physical restraint when necessary.
• Implement treatment protocols and therapeutic strategies established in children’s treatment plans, IEPs, and individual support plans.
• Provide a safe, structured, and therapeutic environment for children.
• Attend and participate in required meetings, complete assigned reports in a timely manner, and communicate with families and members of students’ multidisciplinary teams.
• Participate in supervision and professional development opportunities offered at Walker.
• Provide daily written updates to families and residential staff; complete weekly school logs; and support Special Education Support Staff with data collection, treatment update notes, and multidisciplinary team meetings as needed.
• Provide coverage of groups during a Teacher’s absence under the direction of a special education certified staff member.
• Follow and implement all Walker policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time