Certified Teaching Assistant, Probationary - Middle School

Yorktown Central School Dist; Yorktown Heights (NY); On-site; USD 26,863 - 45,846; Full time

Job summary

Yorktown Central School Dist is looking for a Certified Teaching Assistant to support students and teachers under the guidance of a Certified Teacher. Responsibilities include assisting with instructional projects, maintaining materials, and providing relevant feedback to teachers.

Minimum qualifications include completion of state workshops in Child Abuse Detection and Reporting among others. The role demands strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with diverse student needs.

Qualifications

• Completion of required state workshops, e.g., Child Abuse Detection & Reporting.
• Ability to carry out instruction in written or oral form.
• Ability to use personal computers and software applications.

Responsibilities

• Assist individual students or groups on instructional projects.
• Provide the teacher with relevant information about students.
• Maintain instructional materials and records.

Skills

Ability to maintain confidentiality

Ability to work with diverse groups

Instructional skills

Job description

CERTIFIED TEACHING ASSISTANT

Minimum Starting Range = $19.50 - $33.28

Job Category: CTA/TA Contract

Job Summary

Teaching Assistants (TAs) perform various classroom tasks to support students and teachers under the general supervision of a Certified Teacher.

Minimum Qualifications

• Completion of required state workshops, e.g., Child Abuse Detection & Reporting, School Violence Prevention, and DASA.

Primary Activities

• Work with individual students or groups of students on special instructional projects.
• Provide the teacher with information about students which will assist the teacher in the development of appropriate learning and behavioral experiences.
• Assist students in the use of available instructional resources.
• Utilize own special skills and abilities by assisting in instructional programs in such areas as: foreign languages, arts, crafts, music and similar subjects.
• Assist in related instructional work as required.
• Assist students with specific health related activities as appropriate.
• Maintains instructional materials and/or manual and electronic files/records (e.g., lessons, attendance, pencils, paper, teaching supplies, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring availability of items, providing written reports, or meeting mandated requirements.
• Performs general clerical tasks for the purpose of helping the teacher get instructional materials ready.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to carry out instruction furnished in written or oral form.
• Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications.
• 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 and in writing to supervisor as required.

Physical Demands

• 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.