Choices Program Assistant

Methuen High School; Methuen (MA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Methuen High School in Methuen, MA seeks a Choices Program Assistant to support students with emotional disabilities in inclusion settings, assist with academics, accommodations, and behavior plans, and help with arrival and dismissal.

This full-time role requires a high school diploma (associate degree preferred) and prior experience with children; CPI training will be provided; physically demanding; strong collaboration with school staff.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required; associates degree or higher preferred
• Experience working with children/students
• Experience assisting in program implementation
• Ability to work with professional staff
• Outstanding preparation and/or experience may be substituted for some qualifications

Responsibilities

• Support students with disabilities in inclusive and substantially separate settings
• Assist with behaviour plan implementation
• Provide academic support as needed
• Monitor attention, work completion and social navigation
• Perform duties as assigned by school administration
• Other duties as assigned by the classroom teacher.

Skills

Experience with students

Program implementation

Team collaboration

Education

Associates degree or higher preferred

Job description

Choices Program Assistant

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Job Details

Job ID: 5899730

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Posted: Aug 24, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Sep 1, 2026

Job Description

Program Assistant Choices

Salary - $32,632

Position Purpose

Support students wth emotional disabilities in inclusion programming. Support with academics; providing accomodations and lesson support. Implement behavior plans, manage behaviors, assist with social skills and inclusion throughout the school environment. Assist with arrival and dismissal. Physically demanding position. Must obtain CPI training (during work hours) and be able to physically manage/restrain if needed. Flexibility within the program to work with a variety of student needs.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required with associates degree or higher preferred
• Experience working with children/students
• Experience assisting in program implementation
• Ability to work with professional staff
• Outstanding preparation and/or experience may be substituted for some of the above qualifications

General Responsibilities

• Support students with disabilities in inclusive and substantially separate settings
• Need to assist with behaviour plan implementation
• Provide academic support as needed
• Monitoring for attention, work completion and social navigation
• Perform duties as assigned by school administration
• Other duties as assigned by the classroom teacher.

Position Type: Full-time

Job Categories: Instructional Support > Paraprofessional / IA

Welcome to Methuen High School

Methuen High School is committed to providing a diversified program to meet the intellectual and social needs of its students, while in turn, setting the highest possible standards appropriate to the aptitudes, skills, life experiences, and interests that students bring to the classroom. Further, Methuen High School believes that the educational experience is a cooperative one, the responsibility for which must be shared by the students, the home, the school, and the community.In Methuen, a high school education equips students to become life-long learners and productive members of an increasingly complex, multicultural, technologically rich community. In order to provide a safe, supportive, and changing learning environment conducive to such growth, Methuen High School maintains a variety of personnel, programs and facilities necessary for students to reach their full potential.Therefore, Methuen High School is a community of life-long learners committed to excellence. We actively encourage learning in a safe and supportive atmosphere. Our dynamic school, in partnership with parents and the community, promotes high achievement and inspires pride, respect, and success for all.

Contact Information

• Anthony Curet , Supervising Principal
• 1 Ranger Road
• Methuen, Massachusetts 01844
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]