Student Support Associate (Middle School) 2024-2025 School Year

Position Summary

As a Student Support Associate, you will play a crucial role in providing academic assistance and guidance to students at Amber Charter Schools. Your primary responsibilities include offering support services to enhance the overall student experience, addressing academic concerns, and promoting a positive learning environment. This position requires a strong commitment to student success, excellent communication skills, and the ability to collaborate with various stakeholders. The Student Support Associate must have the ability to attend evening events periodically.

Essential Responsibilities

Contribute to Planning and Delivering Rigorous and Engaging High-Dose Tutoring

• Support the academic progress of students

• Assistant in the implementation of coherent, research-based intervention and supports, aligned to content and grade level specific scope and sequence guiding documents.

• Use consistent school-wide practices and a variety of individualized methods to engage students in the classroom.

• Guided by classroom teachers, modify, differentiate and extend learning experiences to engage all students. with disabilities, and integrate Instructional Education Plan (IEP) recommendations as appropriate.

• Guided by classroom teachers, modify, differentiate and extend learning experiences to engage all ELL students.

Support the Assessment of Student Learning

• Contribute to the tracking of student proficiency and progress towards achieving learning objectives with formative and summative assessment tools.

• Provide ongoing and timely feedback to students on their progress towards meeting expectations and achieving goals.

• Guided by classroom teachers, use student data to improve instruction and personal practice.

Create a Safe and Responsive Learning Environment

• Encourage the development of the AMBER core values.

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of a warm and firm learning environment that allows students to feel safe, take risks and be creative.

• Model, practice and reinforce developmentally-appropriate rules and behaviors using clear and consistent procedures.

• Support the implementation of behavioral management plans with individual students as needed

• Build positive and supportive partnerships with families.

• Guided by classroom teachers, communicate with families frequently and effectively, to provide them with information about instructional programs and student progress (report cards, parent/teacher conferences, etc.), maximize participation and respond to their concerns.

• Assist with lunch and recess duty

Contribute to a Collaborative and Cohesive Staff Learning Community

• Model life-long learning through professional development and individual growth activities.

• Show evidence of utilizing constructive feedback to enhance the quality of learning experiences for students.

• Demonstrate teamwork, actively modeling cooperation and helpfulness for students.

• Engage in respectful and critical dialogue to contribute to the school's evolution.

• Maintain optimism and flexibility throughout the year.

• Encourage and support the growth of colleagues.

• Serve on school-based committees.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent

• Experience teaching, tutoring and/or interaction with children of varied ages

• Familiarity with high-quality curriculum programs

• Must have the ability to attend evening events periodically

• Strong command of all Microsoft Office and Google Suite programs

• A high degree of comfort and confidence engaging children in learning and interfacing with parents/caregivers

• Commitment to create and maintain a safe and responsive learning environment

• Capacity to develop strong relationships based on trust, respect, effective communication, and common goals

• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple obligations and initiatives, strong attention to detail and excellent time management

• Complete and pass pre-employment fingerprinting and reference check process

• Legally eligible to work in the United States

• Perform other duties as assigned

Preferred Experience and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree

• 2 years experience working with children in a afterschool, daycare, camp or school setting

• Experience working with children in a schools setting

• New York State Teacher Assistant Certification

• Interest in pursuing a teaching career is highly encouraged

• Ability to speak, write and understand Spanish fluently

Amber's Expectations

• Regular attendance and punctuality

• Maintain a professional appearance

• Organizational fit for Amber culture, that is, exhibit the Amber Traits of Achievement, Community, Responsibility, Honesty and Respect

Equipment:

• Laptop, Promethean board, classroom, and office equipment

Work Environment/Physical Effort:

• Regularly required to sit, stand for long periods of time, walk, climb stairs, speak loudly and clearly, visually observe, hear, operate a computer, and other classroom, school and office equipment, reach with hands and arms, bend down, and must occasionally lift, move and/or support up to 20 pounds. Work is being performed in a traditional multi-floor school environment with limited to no elevator access.

Work Schedule

• 10 month work schedule

Compensation:

Amber Charter Schools strictly follow a salary schedule for each role to ensure our continued commitment towards pay equity. The expected salary range for this role is $34k- $54k, depending on verified relevant work experience, highest level of completed education, and required certifications and/or licenses for the role. This is an exempt position.