Summer - ESY Teacher Assistant; SY

Summer - ESY Teacher Assistant (SY 26-27)

Providence School District Superintendents Office, Providence, Rhode Island

Job : 5766715

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Posted: Jun 05, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Prep Days (NOT PD Days):
June 29-30, 2026

Program Dates:
Mon-Thurs July 6-30, 2026

Data Day:
July 31, 2026

Hours:

8:15am-12:45pm

Contractual Rate of Pay:
Contingent Upon Funding

Up to 47 positions

Del Sesto Middle School (8:15 AM - 12:45 PM)

• Summer
  - Middle School Self-Contained Alternate Teacher Assistant - up to 5 positions
• Summer
  - High School Self-Contained Alternate Teacher Assistant - up to 7 positions
• Summer
  - Middle School Special Education Teacher Assistant - up to 1 position
• Summer
  - High School Transition Teacher Assistant - up to 1 position
• Summer
  - Special education Teacher Assistant 1:1 - up to 1 position
• Summer
  - Teacher Assistant 1:1 - up to 4 positions
• Summer
  - Teacher Assistant
  - Secondary 2:1 (1 MALE) - up to 1 position
• Summer
  - Teacher Assistant Float - up to 2 positions

Carnevale Elementary School (8:15 AM - 12:45 PM)

• Summer
  - Pre-K Self-Contained Teacher Assistant - up to 2 positions
• Summer
  - Pre-K Self-Contained Alternate Teacher Assistant - up to 2 positions
• Summer
  - Elementary Self-Contained Alternate Teacher Assistant - up to 14 positions
• Summer
  - Elementary Special Education Teacher Assistant - up to 3 positions
• Summer
  - Teacher Assistant 1:1 - up to 4 positions

The Teacher Assistant reports directly to the Principal and works under the guidance and supervision of the principal or his designee. The Teacher Assistant maintains a cooperative staff relationship with all personnel functioning within the educational setting.

• Associate Degree, or 48 College Credits, or a passing score of 461 on the Para Pro Test
• Certificate of Completion of an approved Teacher Assistant Training Program, in addition to one of the above or a Bachelor’s Degree that meets RIDE Standards
• Ability to work with children and to be patient, understanding, and effective in meeting their needs.

• Participate in daily and long-range lesson and classroom activity planning.
• Conduct learning exercises that are focused on the student’s individual educational goals 1:1 or 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.
• Alert the teacher to special needs of individual students.
• Collect and distribute educational materials.
• With teacher supervision, correct students work and prescribe additional work to remediate student’s 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.
• Serve as the chief source of information and help to any substitute teacher assigned in the absence of the regular teacher.
• Utilize the strategies of Applied Behavior Analysis across all educational programming.
• Maintain and report accurate daily data collection using individualized measurement systems for student’s educational and behavioral plans.
• Assist the teacher in devising and implementing special strategies for reinforcing behavior or academic skills based on a sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests, and abilities.
• Maintain Crisis Intervention Certification.
• Must be willing to intervene using appropriate crisis intervention procedures that may include but not limited to physical escorts, prolonged standing and other methods of supporting students.
• 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 by the principal, teacher, senior staff or BCBA.
• Must have the ability to navigate and utilize programs such as Google and other programs that are utilized in the classroom and school.

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