Assistant Teacher

About the role

Work as part of a classroom team of three staff under the supervision of an Education Coordinator in a classroom of up to nine children with social, emotional, learning and behavioral disabilities. Primary responsibilities include assisting students with academic tasks and supporting the overall learning environment.

Responsibilities

• Assist students with academic tasks and support the overall learning environment.
• Create and maintain a structured, consistent, nurturing classroom and during all recreational activities.
• Support residential students on their units during school vacation weeks, holidays, snow days, and during morning wake-ups as needed.
• Plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities and programming for the group.
• Implement treatment protocol and appropriate therapeutic strategies established in children's treatment plans, IEPs, and individual support plans.
• Provide a safe, structured and therapeutic environment for children.
• Participate fully in the administrative functions of teaching and childcare, including attending and participating in required meetings, completing assigned report writing tasks in a timely manner, and actively communicating with families and members of the students' multidisciplinary team.
• Provide daily written updates to families and residential staff and complete weekly school logs, as well as support the Special Education Support Staff in completing any data collection (e.g., classroom points, provide treatment update notes and attend multi-disciplinary team meetings as needed).
• Provide coverage of groups during Teacher’s absence, under the direction of a special ed certified staff member.

Qualifications

Education and Licensure Required: Bachelor’s degree
Preferred: N/A
Experience Required: N/A
Preferred: Experience working with social, emotional, behavioral and learning disabilities
Abilities Required: Mental abilities - Ability to be flexible and work collaboratively. Ability to respond to emergency situations quickly and safely. Ability to work in a stressful and fast paced environment. Must understand child development and the impact of emotional, behavioral, and learning disabilities. Must understand issues of confidentiality. Must be receptive to supervision and professional development.
Physical abilities - Ability to work and stand for extended period of time. Job may require bending, stooping, stretching, and lifting. Job requires the ability to perform therapeutic physical intervention as needed.

Benefits

Walker is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, national guard or reserve unit obligations, participation in discrimination complaint-related activities, or membership in any category protected by federal or state law.