Teacher Assistant - Texas Hill Country School

BrightSpring Health Services • San Marcos, TX

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About The Position

The Teacher Assistant provides instructional support, training, and personal assistance to teachers of students with physical or intellectual disabilities. The role is performed under the guidance and supervision of the teacher and involves supporting instruction, preparing classroom materials, supervising student behavior, applying behavior-management techniques, completing clerical duties, and assisting with personal hygiene and physical care as needed.

The assistant provides individual and group instructional support, presents activities in developmental areas such as cognition, speech and language, motor skills, social and emotional development, and daily living skills, and reinforces concepts and practiced skills. The role also includes collecting and recording student data, supporting language-development activities as directed by a speech therapist, supervising learning centers, participating in classroom activities, and operating classroom technology.

The position is with Texas Hill Country School, a residential treatment center and non-public school serving children and adolescents ages 6–22. The school specializes in supporting students who have been unsuccessful in other educational settings, including those with acquired brain injuries, developmental disabilities such as autism spectrum disorder, and other neurological or psychological problems. The campus is located on 43 acres outside San Marcos, Texas, with academic classrooms and residential homes situated near one another. Day services are also available to students who live at home with their families.

Requirements

• High school graduation.
• Experience as a teacher aide or working with children.
• Ability to work under a teacher’s supervision, including following teacher-prepared lesson plans.
• Ability to work effectively with individual children and small groups while meeting instructional objectives established by the teacher.
• Physical ability to lift, position, and assist students as required.
• Ability to accept and adapt to differences in student characteristics and abilities.
• Ability to operate standard office equipment and learn to operate video equipment.
• Ability to learn to perform individual medical procedures when necessary.
• Good human-relations and communication skills.
• Patience and flexibility.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual and group instructional support as assigned by the teacher.
• Prepare classroom materials and have them ready for instruction.
• Present activities in cognitive, speech and language, fine motor, gross motor, social/emotional, and daily living skills development.
• Reinforce concepts and practice skills.
• Collect and record student data, including skill practice, seizure occurrences, and toileting.
• Provide discipline in the teacher’s absence and follow procedures established by the teacher.
• Implement behavior-modification plans.
• Practice speech sounds, vocabulary, and syntax objectives with students as directed by the speech therapist.
• Read to students and ask questions to stimulate language development.
• Present expressive and receptive language activities.
• Supervise learning centers during independent student work and assist students with manipulating materials.
• Participate in classroom activities, including discussions and games.
• Operate computer and audiovisual equipment, such as DVD players, data projectors, or smartboards.
• Provide personal hygiene and physical care assistance as required.
• Perform related work as required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED