Special Education Teaching Assistant

SEEM Collaborative • Wilmington, MA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for assisting the classroom teacher in delivering instruction and implementing Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals and objectives for students with special needs. The assistant ensures student safety, facilitates independence, social awareness, language development, and appropriate behavior. This includes implementing behavior support plans, assisting with curriculum accommodations and modifications, and collecting data. The role also involves participating in relevant training and carrying out other assigned duties such as supervising students during lunch or on the playground, providing personal care support (toileting, self-care), and performing clerical tasks as directed by the classroom teacher, program principal, or executive director. Candidates must be able to work with students exhibiting significantly challenging behavior and possess the physical mobility to assist students with physical needs, personal care, and behavioral challenges. This includes frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing, pulling, and the ability to lift, push, pull, and/or carry up to 40-50 pounds occasionally, as well as moving quickly between standing and kneeling positions without using hands. Physical restraint of students may be required in situations involving risk of serious and imminent harm. Candidates must maintain emotional control under stress. SEEM will provide training for de-escalation and physical intervention. Employment is contingent upon passing a SAFIS fingerprint and CORI screening. SEEM Collaborative is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a work and learning environment free from discrimination and harassment.

Requirements

• High School diploma, Associates or Bachelor degree.
• Candidates must be able to work with students with significantly challenging behavior.
• Candidates must have mobility required to sufficiently assist students with disabilities with physical needs, personal care, and behavioral challenges.
• Frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing, and pulling.
• Move small stacks of textbooks, media equipment, desks, and other classroom or adaptive equipment.
• Lift and position students with physical disabilities.
• Ability to lift, push, pull and/or carry up to 40-50 pounds on an occasional basis.
• Ability to move quickly from standing to kneeling and back to standing without using hands to push off the floor.
• Maintain emotional control under stress.
• Pass a SAFIS fingerprint and CORI screening.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with children with special needs preferred.
• Experience working with students with severe disabilities and Applied Behavior Analysis preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist the teacher in the delivery of instruction and the implementation of the IEP Goals and objectives.
• Ensure the safety of the children in all environments.
• Assist in facilitating independence, social awareness, language and appropriate behavior.
• Implement behavior support plan.
• Assist the teacher in the implementation of accommodations or modifications to enable students to access curriculum.
• Assist the teacher in the collection of data.
• Participates in training in relevant areas.
• Supervise student(s) at lunch or in the playground.
• Provide personal care support such as toileting, self care, clerical tasks, etc. as assigned by the classroom teacher, program principal or executive director.
• Work with students with significantly challenging behavior.
• Assist students with disabilities with physical needs, personal care, and behavioral challenges.
• Physically restrain students in situations where there is a risk of serious and imminent harm.

Benefits

• Training for de-escalation and physical intervention.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree