TEACHING ASSISTANT PART TIME - SCHOOL AGE PROGRAM
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
- High School Diploma required
- Teaching Assistant 27.5(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
- High School diploma
Nice To Haves
- Empathic, compassionate, and patient
- Positive, energetic, and enthusiastic
- A good communicator and team player
- Passionate about making a difference
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.
- Accept assignments in varying classes, in accordance with the need of the program to provide proper ratio in class groupings.
- 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.
- Be familiar and act in accordance with all policies contained in the School Age Program's Handbook for Staff.
- Participate in performance reviews/discussions.
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- Comprehensive Paid Training
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life insurance
- FSA
- EAP
- 403(b) retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement opportunities
- Opportunities for advancement within Brightway Living & Learning
- Paid time off for school breaks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
