Teacher Aide

Westchester School; City of Yonkers (NY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Westchester School in Yonkers, NY is hiring a Teacher Aide to support classroom staff by handling non-instructional duties and assisting students with daily needs. The role requires a High School Diploma (including IEP Diploma) or Equivalency and prior experience with developmentally disabled children is preferred but not required.

The position emphasizes assisting with materials, supervision, and helping with transitions, feeding, dressing, and maintaining a clean classroom environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalency required or completed in education setting.
• Experience with developmentally disabled children is preferred but not required.
• Ability to perform non-instructional duties to support teaching staff.

Responsibilities

• Assist classroom staff in non-teaching duties such as managing materials and equipment.
• Attend to the physical needs of the children and supervise students.
• Assist with arrival and departure of children to and from buses.
• Set up equipment and materials for lessons planned by the teacher.
• Keep the classroom neat, clean, and in good order.
• Assist in dressing, toileting, and moving children when necessary.
• Escort children to and from activities and participate in in-service training.

Skills

Accountability

Active Listening

Adaptability

Autonomy

Communication, Oral

Communication, Written

Empathetic

Energetic

Ethical

Honesty / Integrity

Motivation

Reliability

Responsible

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalency

Job description

Teacher Aide# Teacher AideHot JobPark Avenue Campus - Yonkers, NY 10703## OverviewSalary Range$24,322.57 - $24,322.57 Salary/yearLevelEntryPosition TypeFull TimeJob ShiftDayEducation LevelHigh SchoolTravel PercentageNoneCategoryEducation## DescriptionThe location for this position is ***45 Park Avenue Yonkers, NY 10703*****Education/Experience**The qualified applicant will have earned a High School Diploma (including IEP Diploma) or an Equivalency Diploma. Prior experience with developmentally disabled children in an educational or recreational setting is preferred by not required. This position is directly responsible to the classroom teacher or teacher assistant in the absence of the teacher.Teacher aide provides services that directly impact students learning environment by providing non-instructional services that support both the efforts of the teacher and teaching assistant. As a result, they release the instructional staff from these necessary tasks and, therefore, increase their time with the students.**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**Reasonable Accommodations Statement To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.**Essential Functions Statement(s)*** To assist the classroom staff in non-teaching (non-instructional) duties such as managing materials and equipment, general housekeeping, attending to the physical needs of the children, supervising students and performing other services which are determined and supervised by the teacher.* Assist with the arrival and departure of children to and from the buses.* Set up equipment and materials necessary for lessons planned by the teacher or teaching assistant.* Properly store all equipment and materials after use.* Keep the classroom, including all instructional equipment, neat, clean, and in good order.* Set up snack and lunch areas for the children, and to insure that these areas are properly cleaned after meals.* Assist individual children who have difficulty or who are unable to feed or toilet themselves under the direction of, and supervised by, the teacher and/or teacher assistant.* Assist in dressing and undressing children who have difficulty with this task.* Escort children to and from activities.* Assist in moving and/or lifting children when necessary.* Participate in all in-service training programs.* In addition to the above and at the discretion of the classroom teacher, the teacher aide may be assigned other duties according to their level of training and ability.## Position Qualifications* Accountability - Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.* Active Listening - Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.* Adaptability - Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.* Autonomy - Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.* Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.* Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.* Empathetic - Ability to appreciate and be sensitive to the feelings of others.* Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.* Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conducts conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.* Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.* Motivation - Ability to inspire oneself and others to reach a goal and/or perform to the best of their ability.* Reliability - The trait of being dependable and trustworthy.* Responsible - Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.