Special Education Teacher Assistant STARS 1:1 (OP)

About the role

Special Education Teacher Assistants play a vital role in supporting the academic, behavioral, and health/hygiene needs of our students as directed by Special Education Teachers.

Responsibilities

• Support students with specialized needs to achieve their goals and reach their highest potential

Requirements

• Desire to assist students with specialized needs
• Knowledge (or ability to obtain knowledge of) best practices for working with children and young adults that have specialized needs
• Skill in applying general written and verbal guidance to specific work situations
• Ability to lift and move up to thirty pounds without assistance or to assist with lifting and moving up to fifty pounds

Pay

• $21.25 per hour

Schedule

• Typical thirty-five hour work week
• Work calendar with 12 paid holidays and winter/spring/summer break off each year

Benefits

• Participation in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) pension plan
• Access to medical and dental insurance with a 75% board-paid contribution toward premiums
• Employer paid Life and AD&D insurance
• Long Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Three medical plans to choose from including PPO and HMO plans
• Deductible reimbursement program for medical expenses (excluding ER services), when enrolled in the PPO plan and using the RUSH Healthcare reimbursement program