Teacher Assistant - Pre-K Gen Ed; SY position

Teacher Assistant - Pre-K Gen Ed (SY 26-27) [One year position]

Providence School District Veazie Street Elementary School – Providence, Rhode Island

Job : 5710510

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: May 13, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Providence Public Schools District (PPSD) seeks an exceptional PRE-K GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHER ASSISTANT who is excited to join our community of teachers, students, and stakeholders. This is an exciting opportunity for teacher assistants who seek a challenging yet rewarding experience.

We serve approximately 22,000 students at 37 elementary, middle, and high schools. Approximately 55% of students come from homes where English is not the primary language spoken. Combined, our students and families speak over 55 different languages and hail from 91 countries of origin. In PPSD, teachers and teacher assistants set high expectations for academic achievement, provide equal access to differentiated instruction, and endeavor to close the achievement and opportunity gap among historically marginalized subgroups within the schools.

PPSD is a great place for those who desire an environment that supports their creativity and ingenuity, and respects their credentials and abilities as a teacher and/or teacher assistant.

REPORTS TO: Principal

The Teacher Assistant in a Pre‑K general education classroom reports directly to the Principal or designee and works under their guidance and supervision. This role supports the classroom teacher in implementing developmentally appropriate instruction and activities, fostering early learning across social, emotional, cognitive, and physical domains. Responsibilities include assisting with small group and individual instruction, promoting positive classroom behavior, and helping create a safe, engaging, and inclusive learning environment for all students.

This role requires the Rhode Island Early Learning and Development Foundation training certificate and/or willingness to work towards the Rhode Island Early Learning and Development Standards (RIELDS) based curriculum.

NOTE: The safety of school children is an important responsibility of the teacher assistant program. All teacher assistants MUST be available for bus monitoring assignments and will be paid in accordance with the additional hours worked.

• Associate’s degree
• 48 college credits
• Passing score of 461 on the Para Pro Test

• Teacher Assistant Training Program Certificate

• Participate in daily and long‑range lesson and classroom activity planning.
• Conduct learning exercises with small groups of students.
• Guide students in developing positive relationships with peers and adults.
• Assist with the supervision of pupils in the classroom, corridors, school yards, lavatories, cafeterias, etc., and on field trips.
• Assist Pre‑K through 5th grade students with toileting, dressing, feeding, positioning, and self‑care, including diaper changes; alert the teacher to the special needs of individual students.
• Collect and distribute educational materials.
• With teacher supervision, correct students’ work and prescribe additional work to remediate students’ weaknesses.
• Operate machines which duplicate or copy information for distribution to pupils.
• Assist the teacher to meet the many personal and physical needs of the child.
• Under teacher supervision, participate in discipline procedures and prescribe consequences for student behavior.
• Assist teachers in devising special strategies for reinforcing behavior or academic skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Commit to attend ongoing professional development sessions; such as those offered by RIDE, the Providence School Department, and Local Union 1033.
• Perform additional teacher assistant duties as requested.

Providence Public Schools is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that is actively seeking to…