Teacher Assistant - Special Education Self-Contained Alternate; SY position

Teacher Assistant – Special Education Self-Contained Alternate (SY 26-27) [One year position]

Providence Public Schools – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School, Providence, RI.

Job

Final date to receive applications:
Posted until filled

Posted:
May 12, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date:
Immediately

This is a one‑year Teacher Assistant position. Employees are eligible to apply and interview for other positions and will be placed for the following school year according to certification and the collective bargaining agreement.

Providence Public Schools seeks an exceptional Special Education Self‑Contained Alternate Teacher Assistant who is excited to join our community of teachers, students, and stakeholders. This role supports students with significant and complex special education needs in a highly structured learning environment.

Reports to:

Principal (or designee).

• 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.
• Supervise students 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 weaknesses.
• Operate machines that 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 an understanding of individual students’ 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.
• Be available for bus monitoring assignments; additional hours will be compensated.

• Associate’s degree OR 48 college credits OR Passing score of 461 on the Para Pro Test.
• Teacher Assistant Training Program Certificate (RIDE Certification).
• Citizenship, residency, or work visa required.
• Experience working with students with significant and complex special education needs is preferred.

Providence Public Schools is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that seeks to increase minority recruitment among its administrators and teaching staff. PSD does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, color, disability or veteran status. All programs are open to all individuals.

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