Special Education Teacher Assistant - STARS (PT)

About the role

Special Education Teacher Assistants support the academic, behavioral, and health/hygiene needs of students with specialized needs as directed by Special Education Teachers.

Responsibilities

• Assist students with specialized needs to achieve their goals and reach their highest potential.
• Apply best practices for working with children and young adults with specialized needs.
• Provide general written and verbal guidance to specific work situations.
• Ability to lift and move up to thirty pounds without assistance or assist with lifting and moving up to fifty pounds.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

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

Skills

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

Benefits

• Competitive salary of $21.25 per hour.
• Participation in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) pension plan.
• A typical thirty-five hour work week.
• Access to medical and dental insurance with a 75% board-paid contribution toward premiums.
• Work calendar with 12 paid holidays and winter/spring/summer break off each year.

Pay

• $21.25 per hour.

Schedule

• Typical thirty-five hour work week.

Benefits

• Full-time Associates enjoy a robust selection of healthcare benefits including employer paid Life and AD&D insurance, Long Term Disability, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), as well as three medical plans to choose from including PPO and HMO plans.
• SD 308 currently provides a deductible reimbursement program for medical expenses (excluding ER services), when an employee is enrolled in our PPO plan and uses our RUSH Healthcare reimbursement program.