Teaching Assistant - Special Education (Probationary/Tenure Track)

About the role

The Dobbs Ferry School District seeks a K-12 Special Education Teaching Assistant with proven experience working with students with special needs. Effective August 31, 2026, this is a full time, probationary/tenure track position.

Responsibilities

As per NYSED teaching assistants provide instructional services to students under general supervision of a certified teacher. These positions require working with individual or multiple students with special needs, and may include performing toileting/hygiene tasks in support of students with IEP or 504 plan; Behavior Support, including modeling and implementing evidence-based behavior intervention strategies and helping students with challenging behaviors, ensuring interventions are practiced; collect data on student behavior and skill acquisition.

Duties may vary depending upon student-specific needs. The successful candidate will lead or assist in various activities, aid in the development of educational material, and perform other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• NYSED Teaching Assistant certification

Qualifications

Proven experience working with students with special needs.

Skills

Ability to work with individual or multiple students with special needs, perform toileting/hygiene tasks, model and implement evidence-based behavior intervention strategies, and collect data on student behavior and skill acquisition.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit; is regularly required to climb, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; to reach above the head and reach forward; is regularly required to use hands and fingers to feel or handle objects, tools, or controls, and to talk and hear; is occasionally required to lift and/or push up to 50 pounds.

Pay

Salary: $28,550 - $39,505 (Annual wage per contract CSEA Clerical, Teacher Aide/Teaching Assistants), with additional compensation in the amount of $4.00 per hour for toileting duties.

Schedule

Start Date: August 31, 2026. Application Deadline: August 16, 2026.

About Our Special Education Program

We are focused on building an increasingly inclusive environment through an expansion of our continuum of services in general education and specialized program settings, through the ongoing development of exciting student opportunities including unified sports; and by offering expansive professional development including Therapeutic Crisis Intervention training for our instructional and support staff.