Teacher Assistant - Pre-K Special Education; SY position

Teacher Assistant – Pre‑K Special Education (SY 26‑27) [One Year Position]

Providence School District – Cornel Young & Charlotte Woods Elementary School, Providence, Rhode Island

Starting Date: Immediately

Overview: We are seeking an exceptional Pre‑K Special Education Teacher Assistant to support students with diverse learning needs in a collaborative environment. This one‑year position offers the opportunity to work alongside teachers and stakeholders in a supportive school community.

Responsibilities include partnering with general and special educators, supporting the implementation of individualized education programs (IEPs), reinforcing academic skills, and promoting student engagement. The role requires a commitment to student safety and bus monitoring duties.

• 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 supervision of pupils in the classroom, corridors, school yards, lavatories, cafeterias, and on field trips.
• Support 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.
• Correct students’ work and prescribe additional work to remediate weaknesses under teacher supervision.
• Operate machines that duplicate or copy information for distribution.
• Assist teachers with meeting personal and physical needs of children.
• Participate in discipline procedures and prescribe consequences for student behavior under teacher supervision.
• Help devise special strategies for reinforcing behavior or academic skills based on students’ needs and abilities.
• Act as a source of information for substitute teachers in the teacher’s absence.
• Commit to ongoing professional development sessions provided by RIDE, the Providence School Department, and Local Union 1033.
• Perform additional teacher assistant duties as requested.

• Associate’s degree, 48 college credits, or a passing score of 461 on the Para Pro Test.
• Rhode Island Early Learning and Development Foundation training certificate or willingness to work toward the Rhode Island Early Learning and Development Standards (RIELDS) based curriculum.
• Teacher Assistant Training Program Certificate (RIDE certification).

All teacher assistants must be available for bus monitoring assignments and will be compensated for those additional hours.

Providence Public Schools is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that actively 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, regardless of these characteristics.

Providence Public School District participates in E‑Verify. Federal law requires all participating employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States.

Job : 5801969

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Job Posted: June 25, 2026

Salary: $20.71 to $25.16 per hour

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required.

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