Certified Teaching Assistant 0726-0033

Teaching Assistant Position

Erie 1 BOCES seeks certified teaching assistants to support our growing K-8 special education school community at Northtowns Academy located at 333 Dexter Terrace, Tonawanda, NY 14150. Experience is preferred, but newly certified teaching assistants are encouraged to apply. Applicants should have a positive outlook, strong work ethic and perform well in a team. Duty expectations include providing support to students, managing classroom functions and delivering instruction as needed.

Kind and caring individuals are encouraged to apply.

Job responsibilities include:

• Supporting students across the curriculum.
• Working with individual students as directed by teacher.
• Assisting the teacher with marking and correcting work.
• Assisting with school events, trips and other activities.
• Assisting in classroom behavior management.
• Assisting with routine classroom functioning.
• Accompanying students when removal from a classroom is necessary or when the students must go to another part of the building.
• Assisting in restraining students who may exhibit behaviors that are injurious to self or others.
• Assisting and supervising games and free play, both indoors and outdoors.
• Assisting teacher in the implementation of activities that include but are not limited to: feeding, lifting, toileting, and other activities of daily living (e.g. grooming, hygiene, leisure/recreation, etc.).
• Lifting and transporting students in conjunction with daily living activities. Teaching assistants working with non-ambulatory students are expected to lift 40-pound loads independently and may be required to lift/move students weighing more than 40 pounds with assistance from another adult and/or with the use of appropriate lifting devices. Ability to lift/move students either independently or with assistance is a condition of employment for teaching assistants who work with non-ambulatory students.
  
  Initial and periodic physical examinations will test this ability. Teaching assistants should not attempt to lift more than one-third of their body weight without assistance from another adult or appropriate lifting devices.
• Maintaining working knowledge and ability to implement classroom and school wide safety plans.
• Discussing parental requests for information with the teacher before responding.
• Maintaining confidentiality of student information.
• Assuming teacher responsibilities in the absence of the classroom teacher or as assigned.

Hourly salary:

$21.00 - Level I Teaching Assistant Certification or Initial TA Certificate $21.50 - Level II Teaching Assistant Certification or Pre-Professional TA Certificate $22.50 - Level III Teaching Assistant Certification or Professional TA Certificate

Exceptional benefits package including paid annual holidays, generous paid personal/sick time, premium health and dental plans (E1B pays 85%), life insurance at no cost to you, FSA plan, employee centric work environment, fun events for employees to enjoy, commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, NYS retirement system, 403b and 457 retirement plans, unlimited opportunities for growth and professional development.