Student Support Associate

Job Details

Job Location:

CWC East Valley - Valley Village, CA 91607 Salary Range: $20.00 - $30.25 Hourly

The Student Support Associate is an experienced and innovative school ambassador energized by our unique charter school environment. A Student Support Associate will be expected to work and support all community members to implement a high-quality, rigorous, and engaging school community. They will support the classroom, outdoor play, and/or individualized students to build and maintain a robust school culture.

In addition, a Student Support Associate is a part of a team of educators working to provide a challenging and inclusive education for students with disabilities. The individual will be passionate about working with all children including those with disabilities, committed to a progressive and interdisciplinary approach to education, and desire to work within a highly collaborative staff culture.

The Student Support Associate must have a passion for and interest in teaching and learning practices grounded in constructivism, project-based learning, and the multiple intelligences theory.

The Student Support Associate reports directly to a member of the School Leadership team while working closely with and receiving mentorship from the CWC LA Lead Teacher.

• Assist the Lead Teacher in the ongoing student progress and achievement assessment by collecting and reporting on academic data using various means.
• Assist the Lead Teacher in using data to tailor instruction to meet individual students' academic and social needs.
• Support and create a strong classroom culture developed through CWC’s social-emotional learning focus and contribute to the broader school community.
• Support social-emotional learning in the classrooms and the yard.
• Assist Lead Teacher with intervention support for struggling learners and English Language Learners.

• Support the creation of a strong play culture developed through CWC’s social-emotional learning focus and contribute to the broader school community.
• Provide an atmosphere and environment conducive to students' intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development.
• Establish and enforce rules of conduct; supervise students on the playground, athletic fields, and recess/lunch areas.
• Collaborate with other Student Support Associates to plan physical activities that engage students in play.
• Demonstrate skills being taught; assist students in performing skills.
• Teach safety rules for each activity in the playground, athletic fields, and recess/lunch areas.
• Create and maintain a safe environment for students during lunch and recess.
• Support in creating and enforcing safe bathrooms while students play outdoors.
• Assist with the assessments of fitness levels; perform fitness testing once a year with 5th-grade students.
• Assist in creating and holding social-emotional learning lessons during outdoor play with groups of students that help facilitate student growth.

• Support with instruction to individuals or small groups of students with special needs as assigned.
• Assist students in prescribed learning activities.
• Assist students with behavioral challenges in and out of the classroom.
• Monitor student behavior and utilize approved behavior management techniques to redirect and modify inappropriate behaviors.
• Implement documented therapy plans for Behavior Intervention treatment.
• Monitor, observe, and report students' behavioral data according to approved procedures.
• Assist enrichment teachers, adapt activities to students with special needs, and develop appropriate modifications for I.E.P. and 504 plans.
• May provide adaptive support with eating and toileting.

• Support in creating and maintaining a strong school culture (i.e., classroom and outdoor play) developed through CWC’s social-emotional learning focus and contributed to the broader school community.
• Collaborate with other Student Support Associates to assist with school-wide community events.
• Communicate and engage with students’ families, colleagues, and other school stakeholders, as…