Assistant Teacher Rise School of Denver Inclusive early childhood school and therapy clinic.

Job Description

Assistant Teacher

Assistant Teacher

Lead Teacher and Kat Murphy-Woo, Assistant Director

The Rise School of Denver is an inclusive, non‑profit early care and education center that supports young children with and without developmental delays and disabilities and their families. We are looking for a full‑time Assistant Teacher to join our passionate, expert team beginning August 5, 2024. Ideal candidates for this position include early career teachers, child care providers, early childhood special education students, registered behavior technicians (RBTs), therapist assistants (e.g., SLPA), and other individuals who are passionate about joining a mission‑driven, high‑quality program.

The Assistant Teacher helps to provide a stimulating, safe, and developmentally appropriate educational environment where children with and without disabilities have the opportunity to develop cognitive, social, language, emotional, adaptive, and physical skills. Assistant Teachers help to lead a classroom team that includes a Lead Teacher, assistant teacher, and members of the therapy team, with three adults present in the room and no more than 11 students present each day.

Assistant Teachers are also part of a larger transdisciplinary team that includes therapists, children’s families, and members of Rise’s leadership team.

• Aligns with the Rise School philosophy that all children have the ability to learn when given appropriate encouragement and with evidence‑based support.
• Adheres to the Rise School mission of preparing children to be included in Kindergarten classrooms, providing differential instruction based on individual children’s needs, and integrating individual intervention plans into lesson plans and daily classroom routines.
• Supports the lead teacher with ongoing screening and curriculum based assessment of all children in the classroom. Teams with therapists to administer standardized assessments as needed.
• Supports the lead teacher in weekly lesson planning and preparation as well as classroom set‑up.
• Supports the lead teacher in utilizing best practices for implementing Universal Design for Learning, multi‑tiered systems of support, and a linked system framework (i.e., screening, assessment, goal development, intervention, progress monitoring) for supporting all young children in the classroom with the level of support they need to successfully and meaningfully engage.
• Participates in regular collaborative meetings with Rise School therapists. Maintains constructive working relationships with therapists and takes initiative to implement techniques and strategies as recommended; requesting more support and coaching if needed.
• Participates in practice‑based coaching to work toward achieving and maintaining fidelity implementation of the LEAP Preschool and Pyramid Models.
  Implements family‑centered partnership strategies and practices, while creating and maintaining professional relationships to assist with family engagement in the Rise School program.
• Actively participates in the After School Program, at least two days/week, and helps in preparation of activities as needed.
• Participates in strengths‑based, Family–Teacher Conferences twice a year, at which time individualized goals for children with disabilities are reviewed and/or developed as well as check‑ins with families of children without delays or disabilities.
• Creates equitable learning opportunities for all young children in the classroom by affirming the race, class, culture, gender, sexual orientation, ability and disability, language, national origin, indigenous heritage, religion, and other identities of all young children and families and by using practices that are developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate for the learning environment and for each child and family.
• Actively engages with children in the outdoor learning environment.
• Maintains professional, open and direct communication with administration and leadership team.
• Maintains professional interactions and open communication with families, caregivers, therapists, outside providers, volunteers, and other…