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Classroom Teaching Assistant Positions

Exceptional package including but not limited to:

Paid annual holidays Attendance Incentives Schedule follows BOCES school calendar or host site school calendar Summers off with the option to work summer Generous paid personal/sick time Premium Health plans (GST pays 80%) Premium Dental and Vision Plans - FSA & HRA NYS Retirement System 403b Plan/457 optional Additional stipends per EA contract Optional short-term disability Longevity pay Bonus sick

Hours vary depending position and location (6 - 7.5 hours)

Position and Locations:

• 8:1:1 /ED
  - Classroom Teaching Assistant – Elmira High School
• 6:1:1 – Classroom Teaching Assistant
  - Spencer Van Etten Elementary School
• 12:1+3
  - Classroom Teaching Assistant - Bush Campus

6:1:1 – 1:1 Teaching Assistant Positions

• Ernie Davis Academy ED, VEW Elementary School ASD, Broadway Academy ASD

8:1:1 – 1:1 Teaching Assistant Positions

• VEW Elementary School ED, Bath Havering Middle School ED, Bush Campus ED

12:1:2 – 1:1 Teaching Assistant Positions

• Diven Elementary Preschool Classroom

12:1:3 – Teaching Assistant Positions

• Bath Havering Elementary School– 2 Positions, Bush Campus

8:1:1 – Classroom Teaching Assistant

• Ernie Davis Academy ED

Depending on location, this position may involve direct work with students with autism, emotional and/or developmental disabilities which may include, but are not limited to, op positional and aggressive behaviors; mood disorders; and potentially severe and unpredictable physical and/or verbal outbursts. Teaching Assistants are expected to:

• Have the ability to work with a diverse population of students
• Provide students with a safe, orderly environment that is conducive to teaching and learning
• Provide specialized instruction to students with disabilities, under supervision of teacher
• Collaborate with colleagues and provide resources to meet student learning needs
• Communicate regularly and effectively with stakeholders
• Record student progress
• Carries out all other duties as assigned
• Job responsibility may require individual to do one and two-person lifts and/or physical interventions on a daily basis. Position requires the successful completion of all elements of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for schools (TCIS) training. Initial and refresher TCIS training is provided by GST BOCES.

Submit the following materials:

• Employment application, letter of Interest, detailed résumé, copies of all undergraduate and graduate college transcripts, copies of all current NYS certifications and all current NYS licenses, and one to three current, dated and signed letters of professional reference (must be less than one year old)

The Greater Southern Tier BOCES does not discriminate in employment or in the education programs and activities which it operates on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity, religion, race, color, national origin or disability in violation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, or § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and New York State Human Rights Law.