Position: Teacher Assistant
Location: Mapleton School, Brandywine School, Audubon School, School of Integrated Learning
Salary Range: 18.50-20/hr
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 am - 4 pm (52-week positions)
Description:
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with children within an educational environment focused on the most current behavior interventions and use of PBIS? Do you want to join a multi-disciplinary team with a strengths-based approach? If you answered YES to either of these questions, then consider joining our team!
We are seeking Teacher Assistants to provide direct behavioral intervention to students. As a Teacher Assistant, you'll collaborate with dedicated professionals in a supportive, educational, and clinically focused environment.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure student safety.
- Assist in establishing a classroom environment conducive to maximum learning by maintaining structure and guiding students to socially appropriate behaviors.
- Work with Special Education Teachers to implement skill acquisition and behavioral reduction programs individually and in small groups.
- Perform ongoing data collection and record-keeping as directed by Special Education Teachers
Offered Benefits:
- $1,000 Sign-On Bonus
- Training, growth, and development opportunities
- Benefit eligibility after 30 days of employment
- Access to ASCEND - Career Accelerator Program
Pennsylvania Children’s Services (DPACS):
- Serves children, adolescents, and young adults with various challenges including autism spectrum disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, behavioral, emotional, and psychiatric disorders.
- Offers services such as psychiatric residential treatment, residential treatment, acute inpatient psychiatric hospital care, assessment services, community-based mental health services, employment and social skills training, and educational services
- Aims to provide specialized care, tailored to individual needs, with the goal of fostering academic, social, emotional, and life skills
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: $18.00 - $21.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Grade school specialties:
- Elementary school
- High school
- Middle school
Physical setting:
- Charter school
- Private school
- Special education school
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Special education: 1 year (Preferred)
- Childcare: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
Work Location: In person