Certified Teaching Assistant; CTA), Probationary - Special Education; Mohansic

Position: Certified Teaching Assistant (CTA), Probationary - Special Education (Mohansic)
Location: Yorktown Heights

Position Type:

K-12/Certified Teaching Assistant

Date Posted:

8/12/2025

Location:

Mohansic School

Date Available:

09/01/2025

Closing Date:

Until Filled

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CERTIFIED TEACHING ASSISTANT

Minimum Starting Range = $19.50 - $33.28

Job Title:

Certified Teaching Assistant Job Category: CTA/TA Contract Department/Group:

Job Description

Job Summary:

Certified Teaching Assistants (CTAs) provide instructional services to students under the general supervision of a Certified Teacher.

Minimum Qualifications:

* NYSED Certification as a Level I Teaching Assistant (Must obtain Level III within 4 years of appointment. Recommendations for extension of Level I will only be made if all requirements for Level II have been met except the required work experience).

* Completion of required state workshops, IE. Child Abuse Detection & Reporting, School Violence Prevention, and DASA.

Primary Activities

* Work with individual students or groups of students on special instructional projects.

* Provide the teacher with information about students which will assist the teacher in the development of appropriate learning and behavioral experiences.

* Assist students in the use of available instructional resources, and assist in the development of instructional materials.

* Utilize own special skills and abilities by assisting in instructional programs in such areas as: foreign languages, arts, crafts, music and similar subjects.

* Assist in related instructional work as required.

* Assist students with specific health related activities as appropriate.

* Maintains instructional materials and/or manual and electronic files/records (e.g. lessons, attendance, pencils, paper, teaching supplies, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring availability of items, providing written reports, or meeting mandated requirements.

* Performs general clerical tasks for the purpose of helping the teacher get instructional materials ready.

* Perform other related duties as assigned.

Note:

The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

* Ability to carry out instruction furnished in written or oral form.

* Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications.

* Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals.

* Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and others.

* Ability to establish a supportive and compassionate relationship with students with special needs.

* Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff and others contacted in the course of work.

* Ability to report work orally and in writing to supervisor as required.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee:

* is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit.

* Is regularly required to climb, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and to reach above the head and reach forward.

* Is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls and to talk and hear.

* Occasionally required to lift and/or push up to 50 pounds.

* Must have specific vision abilities for close vision, distance vision, depth perception and tell the difference between colors

Work Environment

* The noise level in the work environment is typical for a school environment.

* Work generally performed indoors with limited outside supervision of students.