Teacher Assistant
Listed on 2026-08-21
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Education / Teaching
Teacher Assistant/ Paraprofessional, Special Education Assistant
Teacher Assistant
The Secaucus Board of Education invites qualified and interested persons to apply for the position of Teacher Assistant. Qualifications and requirements include a minimum of sixty (60) credits toward a bachelor's degree, passing the State School Security Clearance, ability to provide assistance, encouragement, and support to special needs children, valid regular or substitute teacher certificate recorded in Hudson County, ability to keep information confidential, fluency in American Sign Language (ASL), disposition compatible with the needs displayed by children with varied educational disabilities, willingness to work with students at all grade levels, willingness to provide discrete trial training, and computer literacy.
Performance responsibilities include providing individual or small group tutoring to students, assisting with classroom management, providing individual assistance and/or working with small groups of students under the direction and supervision of the certified teacher, reporting to the teacher noted progress and difficulties of individual students, providing assistance in a computer laboratory, providing assistance in a library or media center, providing assistance in playground supervision, providing assistance with organizing, duplicating, and distributing educational materials in the classroom, acting as a translator, engaging children in conversation to encourage language development, and any specialized duty deemed necessary by the Principal or designee.
Teacher assistants will attend all workshops/seminars scheduled by the District for faculty members and will provide support for special education students in the mainstream classes.
Salary range: $41,310, Step 1 Teaching Assistant Guide as per the SEA Contract. Employment period: school year.
The Secaucus Board of Education is only accepting electronic applications. Please apply online e.org. Opening date:
July 29, 2026. Closing date:
August 13, 2026. The Secaucus Board of Education is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
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