EC Teaching Assistant - Immediate Need

TrulyHired; Hillsborough (NC); On-site; USD 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The Expedition School in Hillsborough, NC seeks an EC Teaching Assistant to support students with special needs and to cooperate with teachers on behavior plans and instructional strategies.

Responsibilities include building relationships, monitoring progress, documenting data, and ensuring students stay engaged during lessons and activities. The role is full-time with benefits on a year-round schedule.

Qualifications

• Effective communication with the student’s team.
• Experience managing student behaviors in the classroom is preferred.
• Self-directed and motivated.
• Compassionate and patient towards individuals with special needs.
• Calm personality.
• Reliable and responsible.
• Organized and able to document student progress.
• CPI trained or willing to become certified to administer physical restraint.

Responsibilities

• Support identified students throughout the school day and build meaningful relationships with them.
• Follow behavior intervention plans to anticipate and respond to student behaviors.
• Help students engage in academic and social/emotional instruction and stay on task.
• Manage behavior charts and data tracking for students.
• Monitor behavior during recess and assist with positive peer interactions.
• Collaborate with teachers and teams to implement targeted strategies.

Skills

Communication

Behavior management

Self-directed

Compassionate

Calm demeanor

Reliability

Organization

CPI training

Education

Associates degree

Job description

Job Description

EC Teaching Assistant (ECTA) Job Description

The Expedition School offers an exceptional project based learning approach with a STEM focused environment that seeks to develop high level analytical and critical thinking skills in all of its students. This focus is fully integrated within the core academic disciplines of mathematics, science, social sciences, language arts, and technology. Be a part of a strong, creative, and collaborative staff who put students at the center. You will be supported through coaching and team collaboration. TES operates on a modified year-round schedule.

EC Teaching Assistant Responsibilities Include

• Supporting identified students throughout the school day by:
  • Creating and maintaining meaningful relationships with students
    
  • Following any behavior intervention plans to anticipate and respond to student behaviors
    
  • Supporting students to engage in academic and social/emotional instruction (staying on task, participating in instruction, completing tasks/assignments, following directions)
    
  • Managing students' behavior chart and data tracking
    
  • Monitoring behavior at recess and intervening when needed to support peer interactions
    
  • Collaborating with students' teachers and team to implement strategies and evidence based practices to target individual students' goals
• Experience/Skills
  • Effective communication skills for collaborating with other adults on the student's team
    
  • Experience managing student behaviors in the classroom is preferred
    
  • Self-directed and motivated
    
  • Be compassionate and patient towards individuals with special needs.
    
  • Have a calm personality.
    
  • Be reliable and responsible.
    
  • Be organized and able to document student progress.
    
  • Crisis Preventing Interventions (CPI) trained or willing to become certified to administer physical restraint

Preferred Qualifications/ Experience:

• Working with special needs children: 1 year
  
• Working in an education setting: 1 year
  
• Hold a minimum of an associates degree in a related field

This is a full-time position, including benefits options.

Hours:

• All Regular Full Day Student Days: 7:30am - 3:45pm
• All Early Release Student Days: 7:30pm - 1:45pm
• Includes some teacher workdays

Starting Salary : $19.15/hr