State Teacher Aide - Grand Mesa Youth Services Center

the primary duties of this position are located within 30 miles of the state border; therefore, this position is exempt from the residency requirements. Applications will be considered from residents and non-residents of colorado.

please note: this recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

most state of colorado employees are eligible for a great benefit package! Please see the supplemental information section below for details!
about the division of youth services:
the division of youth services (dys) provides a continuum of residential and non-residential services that encompass juvenile detention, commitment and parole. Dys is the agency statutorily mandated to provide for the care and supervision of youth committed by the district court to the custody of the colorado department of human services. The division operates 15 secure facilities that serve youth between the ages of 10 and 21, who are pre-adjudicated, sentenced, or committed.

The division also contracts with numerous private residential and non-residential service providers throughout the state. For pre-adjudicated youth, the division is also responsible for the management and oversight of senate bill 91-94; a state-funded, locally administered program that provides services to youth at risk of further progressing into the juvenile justice system. In addition to residential programming, the division administers juvenile parole services throughout the state.

division of youth services mission:

it is the mission of the division of youth services to protect, restore and improve public safety through a continuum of services and programs that: effectively supervise juvenile offenders, promote offender accountability to victims and communities, and build skills and competencies of youth to become responsible citizens. The division also adheres to the concepts embodied in the five core values and the five key strategies, which are shown below.

We invite you to explore the dys website and learn about the services provided to youth, families, and local communities in the state of colorado at:
www.colorado.gov/cdhs/dys

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overall function of the work unit

this work unit exists to provide academic, vocational, and other education-related services to youth in institutional facilities, to provide professional consultation to community programs which serve dys youth, and to establish and maintain collaboration with other state and community agencies that provide or monitor education services to include transitions and other services.


job duties:

classroom monitoring, scheduling and results monitoring . use the lesson plans, computer programs, and other sources to assist in the classroom with the teacher present and/or as a proctor of the computer based program used for the content. Provide work to youth and collect work while maintaining structure and behavioral supports; assure youth are completing online work and monitor progress digitally while communicating that progress.

Maintain a secure classroom environment and a secure test environment. Support the map test, state mandated tests, and ged tests for identified students and with a communicated schedule. Tutor students on specific classes. Create and maintain a testing schedule that is communicated to all parties as well as a classroom support schedule. Track and monitor tests, testing information, results. Download reports from tests and various databases to include in assessment reports, for mdt and iep meetings, and as requested by school principal.

Enter testing data into spreadsheets, forms, and tolls to be used by multiple stakeholders in a timely manner. Work with teachers and staff to create a safe testing environment, assist with giving tests orally as needed, follow up on next educational data collection required. Share collected data in required meetings and with necessary information in a timely way. This position includes primarily classroom monitoring responsibilities.

classroom support and building culture support; assisting the classroom with academic and behavioral supports as assigned; support the mtss process and data collection, and overall support for teachers and students in gathering appropriate data. Provide classroom monitoring when the classroom the teacher is away for brief periods of time or needed for a meeting. Provide specific tutoring. Assure safety and security issues are understood and addressed.

other duties as assigned.
*** please read the entire job announcement and follow all of the instructions prior to completing the application. You must provide documentation to be given credit for it. There will be no exceptions on timelines to provide documentation - all documents must be uploaded and all transcripts must have school name, your name, and all pages- this is the first evaluation in the selection process***
minimum qualifications:

educational requirements:

• associate’s degree from an…