LPN/ Teacher Assistant for Students with Moderate Disabilities @ Belmont High School

LABBB Educational Collaborative; Belmont (MA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision insurance

403(b) & 457(b) retirement plans

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

LABBB Educational Collaborative is seeking a LPN/Special Education Teacher Assistant for Belmont High School in Belmont, Massachusetts. This role supports students with moderate disabilities, provides nursing services on transportation and in school, and assists teachers in delivering instruction.

The position is full-time (35 hours per week, 11 months) with responsibilities including health care, data collection, de-escalation, collaboration with the nurse and specialists to implement

Qualifications

• Licensed Practical Nurse in the state of Massachusetts.
• High School Diploma or GED required; Associate or Bachelor's Degree Preferred
• Current first aid/CPR certification.
• Experience working with children, young adults, or in human services related field; special education experience highly desirable.
• Ability to work with students with a variety of disabilities including social emotional, behavioral, non-verbal, non-ambulatory, etc.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to commute between buildings/programs during the day.
• Ability and willingness to drive LABBB van (as required by program)
• Working full time (35 hours per week), 11 months (school calendar plus required 4 weeks in summer)

Responsibilities

• Attend to students’ personal hygiene and health care needs as outlined in the health care plan or schedule.
• Properly lifts, transfers and positions students as needed.
• Monitor physical condition of students and communicate changes to the school nurse.
• Maintain communication with school staff and parents as directed.
• Maintain classroom records and medication charts.
• Monitor medical equipment and respond to emergencies.
• Maintain a clean, safe environment and follow universal precautions.
• Assist with arrival and departure of students.
• Support data-driven instruction and implementation of IEPs and BIPs.
• Collaborate with the team to ensure culturally responsive instruction.
• Follow assigned schedule and adapt to location changes as needed.
• Prepare instructional materials as requested by the teacher.
• Collect student data and share with the team.
• Utilize adaptive equipment as needed.
• Report significant occurrences to supervisors promptly.
• Assist with personal care needs and daily living activities.
• Supervise students across educational settings including lunch and community activities.

Skills

LPN

Special Education

Data collection

First Aid/CPR

Driving

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Associate or Bachelor's Degree Preferred

Job description

LPN/ Teacher Assistant for Students with Moderate Disabilities @ Belmont High School

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Job Details

Job ID: 5950150

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Posted: Oct 05, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Feb 1, 2027

Job Description

About Us: LABBB Collaborative provides educational programming and support services for over 300 special needs students from over 65 districts. LABBB serves students ages 3 to 22 years old with a variety of special needs including students on the autism spectrum, students with multi-handicaps, pervasive development disorders, developmental delays, language deficits and social/emotional challenges. The LABBB community has a vision of skill-based instruction that considers the whole student from early childhood to adult living. Our staff is committed to creating a professional working environment through teamwork, communication, and respect. We are very excited for you to join us!

About the role: LABBB is hiring a LPN/ Special Education Teacher Assistants to work with students with moderate intellectual and or neurological disorders. The classroom is a multi-grade substantially separate classroom located at Belmont High School in Belmont

LABBB is a LPN/ Special Education Teacher Assistants provides primary and emergency health care to students. Provide nursing services on transportation (i.e. community trips/field trips) This includes direct and indirect nursing care, health maintenance, teaching, counseling, guidance and collaborative planning as supervised by the Collaborative Nurse Leader.

When not providing nursing care, the LPN/TA fulfills a teaching assistant role and is responsible for providing specialized support to help students engage in learning activities within a substantially separate classroom setting, general education inclusion setting, or within the community as well as assisting special education teachers and specialists throughout each school day. This position is responsible for data collection, developing therapeutic rapport with students in order to effectively de-escalate situations, and assist in providing effective student instruction.

Teaching Assistants actively engage in professional development and follow through with all recommendations put in place by the students’ teams to further the effective support of students. Additionally, this essential team member must demonstrate a positive and caring attitude and must remain flexible and adaptable in order to meet school needs.

Job Requirements

• Licensed Practical Nurse in the state of Massachusetts.
• High School Diploma or GED required; Associate or Bachelor's Degree Preferred
• Current first aid/CPR certification.
• Experience working with children, young adults, or in human services related field, special education experience highly desirable.
• Ability to work with students with a variety of disabilities including, but not limited to social emotional, behavioral, non-verbal, non-ambulatory, etc.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to commute between buildings/programs during the day.
• Ability and willingness to drive LABBB van (as required by program)
• Working full time (35 hours per week), 11 months (school calendar plus required 4 weeks in summer)

Responsibilities

• Attend to students’ personal hygiene and health care needs as outlined in the individual health care plan or according to classroom schedule (teacher direction), e.g., feeds children orally or through gastrointestinal tubes, gives medication as authorized, changes diapers, accompanies students to bathroom, monitors seizure activity provides oxygen, and uses suctioning equipment.
• Properly lifts, transfers and positions students as needed.
• Monitor physical condition of students and communicate changes to the school nurse and lead nurse as necessary.
• Maintain communication with school nurse, lead nurse, teacher, therapists, bus drivers, and other staff members. Communicates with parents as directed by the teacher or lead nurse.
• Maintain classroom records, charts medication given, records student activity and observations of behavior and overall health.
• Monitor all medical equipment, i.e. oxygen equipment and suction machines, etc.
• Assess and respond to emergency situations.
• Maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe environment for students by using universal precautions and following blood borne pathogen guidelines.
• Assist with arrival and departure of students.
• Under the supervision of licensed staff, assist in the implementation of appropriate data driven, culturally responsive instruction, and implementation of individual education plans and behavior intervention plans.
• Maintain a culturally diverse, purposeful, respectful, and stimulating classroom. environment that is organized and positive in nature and geared towards student needs and interests.
• Follow a schedule as assigned, including reassignments to different program locations as needed.
• Prepare instructional materials as requested/directed by the teacher.
• Collect student data and provides it to members of the student’s team (teacher, transition counselor, related service provider)
• Effectively utilize any recommended adaptive equipment for individual students.
• Communicate all significant occurrences to the appropriate supervisor in a respectful and timely manner.
• Support students’ personal care needs which may include activities of daily living (ADL’s) such as communication, toileting, feeding, transferring, self-care, and assistance with mobility including lifting,
• Supervise students across educational settings including at lunch and in the community.

Salary Range: $54,344 to $74,865, commensurate with experience and education. *2026-2027 Salary range is for school year and includes compensation for required 4-week summer program.

Benefits: Full-time employees at LABBB Collaborative enjoy low-cost benefit offerings that includes medical, dental & vision insurance plans, partial employer-paid basic life insurance, optional employee and dependent life insurance, voluntary medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts, 403(b) &457(b) retirement plans and Massachusetts state employees’ pension plan, paid time-off, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance program and much more!

Position Type: Full-time

Salary: $54,344 to $74,865 Per Year

Job Categories:

Instructional Support > Paraprofessional / IA

Special Education > Alternative Learning Environment

Special Education > Autism

Special Education > Emotionally Disabled

Special Education > Learning Disabled

Special Education > Life Skills

Special Education > Mild/Moderate Disabilities

Special Education > Multiple Disabilities

Special Education > Special Education Assistant

Student Services > School Nurse

Job Requirements

• Physical Demands: Physically capable of carrying out the daily responsibilities of the classroom including (but not limited to): consistently attending, working and standing for long periods of time, transferring students into and out of various equipment, lifting up to 50 pounds, working with students on the floor, moving quickly when needed in response to student behavior, and participating in physical interventions if necessary to keep the student or others in the environment safe!
• * This job could potentially start earlier than February 1, 2027
• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Janelle McSwiggin , School Nurse Leader
• 869 Massachusetts Ave
• Arlington, Massachusetts 02476
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]