Teaching Assistant 2
About The Position
Teaching Assistants in the Children’s Day Program are creative, energetic, career-oriented teaching professionals who are motivated to educate individuals with developmental disabilities in an ungraded self-contained classroom. Teaching Assistants are offered on-going trainings and support provided by board certified behavior analysts and other qualified professionals to enhance and maximize career growth. Our school programs operate on a 12-month calendar. This is a great opportunity to get valuable experience and knowledge working in a classroom and community setting following the principles of applied behavior analysis.
Requirements
- A Teacher Assistant 2 must possess a NYS Certification in Special Education or Teacher of Students with Disabilities.
- A Teacher Assistant 2 with a job start date prior to February 1, 2006 is grandfathered to remain in this position.
- Must demonstrate an interest in working with students with disabilities.
- Must attend and pass in-services and trainings.
- Must demonstrate good interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
- A grandfathered Teaching Assistant 2 must apply for NYS certification as Teacher Assistant within 6 months of employment and receive certification within 1 year.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with children and or individuals with disabilities is preferable.
Responsibilities
- Assist the teacher in directly implementing IEP’s.
- Collect student behavior and performance data as directed by the teacher.
- Assist in conducting basic instructional activities and in helping with the safety and supervision of students.
- Attend and pass all required in-services and trainings.
- Participate in performance reviews/discussions.
- Accept assignments in varying classes, in accordance with the need of the program to provide proper ratio in class groupings.
- Be familiar with and act in accordance with all policies contained in the Children’s Day Services Handbook for Staff.
- Supervise the Substitute Teacher Assistant in the Teacher’s absence.
- Assist in student arrival from the busses and dismissal to the busses.
- Accompany assigned students if they leave the building for programmatic or emergency reasons.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
