Teacher Aide - 2.5 Hours

Position Type:

Support Staff/Teacher Aide

Date Posted:

11/2/2023

Location:

Mildred E Strang Middle School

Date Available:

11/07/2023

Closing Date:

Until Filled

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Teacher Aide (3 Hours)

Minimum Starting Range = $15.88 - 17.84 per hour

Job Title: Teacher Aide Job Category: CTA/TA Contract Department/Group: Job Description Job Summary: Under the direct supervision of a certified staff member, to free certified professional employees from non-professional duties such as supervising lunch, recess, proctoring exams and assisting with equipment.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School diploma or equivalent.

• Experience working with children

• Fingerprinting (approx. $100)

• Completion of required State Workshops on Child Abuse, School Safety and Dignity for All Students ($0-$50 per workshop)

• Approval by the Westchester Departmetn of Civil Services ($40 fee)

Primary Activities

• Assists students in non-instructional areas, such as supervising the student lunch programs, bus duty, playground duty, corridor, study hall, and other related non-instructional areas.

• Assist students with physical or mental disabilities with activities of daily living for the purpose of maximizing their ability to participate in school or learning activities.

• Follows all applicable safety rules, procedures and regulations governing the proper manner of assistance for all students, including those with disabilities or other special needs.

Additional Duties:

• Assist guidance, pupil services staff or building administration, as needed.

• Perform any other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and perform arithmetic operations as needed to assist students.

• Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel).

• Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and others.

• Ability to establish a supportive and compassionate relationship with students with special needs.

• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff and others contacted in the course of work.

• Ability to report work orally or in writing to supervisor as required.

• Effective writing and verbal communication skills.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee:

• is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit.

• Is regularly required to climb, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and to reach above the head and reach forward.

• Is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls and to talk and hear.

• Occasionally required to lift and/or push up to 50 pounds.

• Must have specific vision abilities for close vision, distance vision, depth perception and tell the difference between colors

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is typical for a school environment.

• Work generally performed indoors with limited outside supervision of students.

Last Updated By: Sheila McGuinness Date/Time: March 2017