Teaching Assistant – Children’S Day Program

Developmental Disabilities Institute•Smithtown, NY

2d•Onsite

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 training 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 Teaching Assistant NYS Level I (DDITA) must complete requirements outlined by NYSED and apply for Teaching Assistant Level I certification within 6 months of employment and receive certification within 1 year.
Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, School Violence Prevention and Intervention, Dignity for All Students Act, NYSATAS Exam, Fingerprint Clearance, Application for TA certification and High School diploma
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 minimum of 9 college credits with one year of hire is required.
Must maintain active status of the Level I certificate once attained.

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 buses and dismissal to the buses.
Accompany assigned students if they leave the building for programmatic or emergency reasons.