UC Assistant Teacher Bilingual

Overview

The Children's Home of Poughkeepsie has been caring for children throughout the Hudson Valley for over 175 years! We strive to empower children and families to achieve optimal health and well being. We are currently seeking an Assistant Teacher to work in our UC LTFC Program.

The UC Assistant Teacher is responsible for facilitating the delivery of six hours of culturally diverse structured education, Monday through Friday and aiding the UC Teacher in classroom management and instruction. This includes, but is not limited to: administering initial education assessments, developing educational goals in conjunction with the UC Teacher and completing Progress Reports. The Teacher's Assistant is responsible for uploading all required documentation to the UAC Portal and ensuring compliance with ORR policies and procedures.

He/She will contribute to the development of the curriculum, classroom coverage as needed, completion of UC Portal documentation, and maintenance of UC paper and electronic records.

Monday - Friday, 10am-6pm, Saturday-Sunday OFF

The Children's Home offers an outstanding benefit package which includes weekly pay, medical, vision, dental, life insurance, 403(b), tuition reimbursement, paid time off, and a great work environment! Paid time off includes 4 weeks of vacation, 3 personal days, 12 holidays and 9 sick days annually.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree
• Experience working in a classroom or providing education
• Bilingual Spanish / English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education or a related field
• Certification by a relevant governing authority
• Teaching English as a Second Language certification

The Children's Home of Poughkeepsie participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or Social Security Administration (SSA) so you can begin to resolve the issue before the employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment.

Employers can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed the form I-9.

The Children's Home of Poughkeepsie is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race, color, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, religion or creed, gender and/or sex (including gender identity which refers to a persons actual or perceived sex, self-image, appearance, behavior or expression, whether or not different from that traditionally associated with the legal sex assigned to the person at birth), disability, age (21 and over), military status, prior record of arrest or conviction, marital status, partnership status, caregiver status, pregnancy, genetic information or predisposition or genetic characteristic, sexual orientation, unemployment status, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence or sex offenses or stalking, consumer credit history, or any other status protected by federal and state law.