CTA (8:1:1), Leave Replacement - Crompond School

Certified Teaching Assistants (CTAs) provide instructional services to students under the general supervision of a Certified Teacher.

Requirements

• NYSED Certification as a Level I Teaching Assistant (Must obtain Level III within 4 years of appointment. Recommendations for extension of Level I will only be made if all requirements for Level II have been met except the required work experience).
• Completion of required state workshops: Child Abuse Detection & Reporting, School Violence Prevention, and DASA.

Responsibilities

• Work with individual students or groups of students on special instructional projects.
• Provide the teacher with information about students to assist in developing appropriate learning and behavioral experiences.
• Assist students in the use of available instructional resources and in the development of instructional materials.
• Utilize special skills and abilities in instructional programs (e.g., foreign languages, arts, crafts, music).
• Assist in related instructional work as required.
• Support students with specific health-related activities as appropriate.
• Maintain instructional materials and manual/electronic files/records (e.g., lessons, attendance, supplies).
• Perform general clerical tasks to prepare instructional materials.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

• Ability to carry out instruction furnished in written or oral form.
• Ability to understand, apply, and use personal computers and software applications.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of student, employee, and other sensitive information.
• Ability to establish supportive and compassionate relationships with students, including those with special needs.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff, and others.
• Ability to report work orally and in writing to supervisors as required.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, climb, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Regularly required to reach above the head and forward.
• Regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle objects, tools, or controls, and to talk and hear.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or push up to 50 pounds.
• Must have specific vision abilities for close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and color differentiation.

Work Environment

The noise level is typical for a school environment. Work is generally performed indoors with limited outside supervision of students.

Pay

Minimum starting range: $19.50 - $33.28 per hour.