Classroom Security Instructional Assistant

The Menta Education Group • Phoenix, AZ

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About The Position

The Classroom Security Instructional Assistant works with classroom instructors and staff to provide targeted teaching and support to students in the classroom, as well as general support for students throughout the school. The role supports academic learning, classroom safety and order, and the prevention and management of behavioral incidents. Staff hours are 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, following a school calendar. A valid driver’s license and willingness and ability to drive a student van are strongly preferred.

Southwest Academy provides academic and social-emotional support to high-risk children and adolescents aged 5–22, including short-term placements for students facing suspension from their home schools. Its stated goal is to help students master academic and social skills for independent and productive lives in a structured, engaging, safe, instructional, and responsive learning environment. The academy serves students from nine surrounding school districts.

Requirements

• Be at least 23 years of age.
• Be able to work with high-risk special needs students.
• Be able to operate tactfully under stress.
• Be flexible when routines change.
• A valid driver’s license with a good driving record, and willingness and ability to drive a student van, are strongly preferred.

Nice To Haves

• Education or background in kinesiology, sports, coaching, sports movement, physical education, or personal training is helpful.
• Experience in behavioral science, or as a registered behavior technician or mental health technician, is helpful.
• A security or juvenile justice background is helpful.
• Military veterans are encouraged to apply.
• A valid driver’s license and willingness and ability to drive a student van are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide academic support within the classroom.
• Manage classroom behaviors.
• Engage with students, redirect them, and de-escalate situations.
• Report student behavioral concerns to appropriate staff.
• Implement and maintain behavioral program policies and data.
• Maintain classroom order and safety.
• Provide general supervision of students inside the school setting.
• Help prevent and manage incidents of non-compliance and behavioral escalation.
• Stay alert to problems likely to disrupt the educational process or create a safety concern, and correct and report those conditions.
• Respond to emergency situations.
• Provide interventions to help students manage behaviors.
• Think quickly, independently, and tactfully.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance programs.
• Medical insurance enrollment is available to full-time employees on their date of hire, with no waiting period.
• 10-month school position with 12-month semi-monthly pay.
• Generous paid time off benefits for salaried positions.
• 403(b) investment options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed