26-27 Lower School Psychosocial Assistant
About The Position
The Quad Preparatory School is looking for 1:1 psychosocial assistants in our Lower School program (Kindergarten-5th grade) for the 2026-2027 school year. As a psychosocial assistant, your main role is to implement psychosocial strategies and interventions with the student that you are paired with. This student will be a student in a Lower School classroom, so you will be working directly as a team with their Head Academic Teachers, their Psychosocial Teacher, and their Associate Teacher. In addition, you will be working collaboratively with your students' clinical team (counselor, occupational therapist, speech-language therapist, and possibly a learning specialist) to ensure that you are meeting your students’ needs and creating a successful learning environment for them. Psychosocial assistants have the opportunity to receive mentorship and support from the Lower School Clinical Director, classroom head and associate teachers, and the clinical staff, including licensed speech and language pathologists, occupational therapists, and psychologists. You will receive significant professional development and experience working with twice-exceptional youth while being mentored by veteran special education teachers and clinicians.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- Crisis management experience
- Love for working with children
- Desire and ability to work with students with special needs
- Ability to connect with older elementary school-aged children
- Experience in crisis intervention
- Providing engaging instruction
- Effective oral and written communication
- A solid understanding of elementary school-aged children’s academic, social, and emotional development
- Attention to detail
- Maintaining confidentiality and privacy
- Ethical conduct
- Time management and the ability to multitask
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Patience and flexibility
Responsibilities
- Work primarily with one assigned student to support all areas of learning, including academic content, psychosocial goals, and implementation of behavioral plans
- Track psychosocial and executive functioning goals for assigned student
- Engage in data collection to monitor psychosocial progress
- Collaboratively write progress reports for assigned student
- Ensure safety of student, through use of Crisis Prevention techniques
- Support other students as instructed by supervisor; with classroom team, implement general classroom supports and routines
- Assist with providing support for students throughout the day (e.g. during outdoor recess, academic work periods, specials, lunch and snack)
- Assist assigned student with transitions between classes and activities; includes use of visual timers, reminders prior to transitions, prompts and praise for transitioning
- Implement instructional activities (provided by teachers) driven by student learning styles and multiple assessment alternatives, when students may need a break from group learning
- Empower student to take charge of their learning by providing all necessary scaffolding and modeling, materials, and consistently maintaining a high level of expectation for student success
- Demonstrate and apply working knowledge of executive functioning domains (e.g., planning, organization, task initiation, working memory, cognitive flexibility, self-monitoring, emotional regulation) in daily instruction and intervention.
- Apply executive function frameworks consistently in treatment planning, instructional support, and behavioral interventions.
- Collaborate with all academic and clinical staff members to support student in daily tasks and enrich learning experiences, and implement classroom-wide supports and routines as directed.
- Work cooperatively with school administrators, special support personnel, colleagues, and parents to deliver a fully-integrated, student-centered learning environment for assigned student
- Apply evidence-based practices responsive to the intensity, complexity, and asynchronous development of gifted and twice-exceptional (2e) learners.
- Demonstrate curiosity and actively learn about the cognitive, social-emotional, and executive functioning profiles of gifted and 2e students.
- Participate in all training and staff development modules, including reading required books and articles on cutting-edge 2E and other educational developments
- Must be able to use GSuite, specifically Google Drive
- Perform other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Student Loan repayment
- Retirement Plan contribution
- Group Life Plan
- Disability Insurance
- Generous Parental Leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
