Teacher Aide - Abilities First Educational Learning Experience New Windsor

Abilities First, Inc.; Town of New Windsor (NY); On-site; USD 23,253 - 26,009; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Employer-paid life insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

College of Direct Support training

On Demand Payment

Discounts with Verizon/AT&T

Job summary

Abilities First, Inc. in New Windsor, NY seeks a dedicated Teacher Aide to support the Educational Learning Experience program.

You will assist the Classroom Teacher and Teacher Assistant in implementing students’ IEP goals and help meet their educational, physical, social, and emotional needs. The role follows a school calendar, with hours 8:30 am – 3:30 pm, 32.5 hours weekly, 48 weeks per year, and offers benefits including health, dental, vision, and retirement options.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience in early childhood or special education preferred.
• Ability to push and pull students in wheelchairs, lift, bend, squat, turn in the knees, pivot and grasp with both hands, with or without accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Follows classroom schedule to achieve individual goals.
• Assists in conducting individual and group activities.
• Keeps student workstations/areas organized.
• Assist in construction of teacher-developed materials.
• Attend staff meetings and job skill training.
• Attend therapy sessions to allow for carryover in the classroom.
• Escort and assist students to and from school buses while promoting independence.
• Attends all specials with students (PE, art, music).
• Sets out lunches and adaptive feeding equipment; assists with meal preparation.
• Set up computers and adaptive equipment.

Skills

CPR/First Aid training

Mobility assistance

Team collaboration

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

Who We Are

For over 60 years, Abilities First, Inc. has been empowering individuals with developmental disabilities to live their most vibrant, independent lives. From early education to adulthood, our wide range of services—including preschool and school programs, day and residential habilitation, community connections, and employment services—are designed to uplift every individual’s unique strengths and dreams.

Abilities First is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is welcoming and supportive of people of varying abilities, races, ethnicities, religions, socio-economic status, gender, and gender identities.

Position Overview

Abilities First is seeking a Teacher Aide for our Educational Learning Experience program located in New Windsor, NY. This position attends to the educational, physical, social and emotional needs of the students while assisting the Classroom Teacher and Teacher Assistant in the implementation of students’ IEP goals.

Schedule

Monday — Friday, 8:30 am — 3:30 pm; 32.5 hours per week, 48 weeks per year. This position follows the school calendar (September—June), with a 6‑week summer program.

Salary Range

$16.88 — $18.88

Responsibilities

• Follows the classroom schedule ensuring that individual student’s goals are achieved.
• Assists in the classroom to conduct individual and group activities.
• Keep student’s workstations/areas organized.
• Assist in the construction of teacher‑developed materials.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings and job skill training.
• Attend therapy sessions with students to allow for appropriate carryover in the classroom.
• Assists in the organization and arrangement of the classroom in order to provide a conducive learning environment.
• Escorts and assists students (via wheelchair, walker, etc.) to and from school buses while providing opportunities for students’ increased independence in mobility and orientation.
• Attends all specials with students (PE, art, music, etc.)
• Takes off and puts on outdoor clothing as necessary and provide opportunities for students’ increased independence in self‑dressing and undressing.
• Perform wheelchair/equipment transporting, transferring and lifting.
• Toilet children and use appropriate adaptive equipment if necessary. This should be done at least 3 times daily (more often when necessary.)
• Change clothing when wet or soiled.
• Change diapers and/or sanitary napkins as necessary.
• Set out lunches and adaptive feeding equipment and provide opportunities for students’ increased independence in meal preparation.
• Cut up or mash food as required and provide opportunities for students’ increased independence in meal preparation.
• Feed students following OT procedures and provide opportunities for students’ increased independence in self‑feeding.
• Wash all feeding equipment and provide opportunities for students’ increased independence in washing dishes and utensils.
• Put on and remove ankle‑foot orthotics (AFOs), arm and hand splints, support harnesses, neck braces, head pointers, etc.
• Lift, place, secure and remove students from prone boards.
• Set up computers, communication device systems and related adaptive equipment.
• Adhere to agency Code of Legal and Ethical Behavior, which require all employees, consultants, board members, volunteers and affiliates to perform their responsibilities according to ethical and legal standards with honesty, integrity, fairness, good faith and respect for others and the law.
• Follows all agency policy and procedures and demonstrates continuous regard to personal safety and the safety of others.
• Performs other appropriate job‑related activities as requested by your supervisor or as circumstances warrant.

Benefits

• Vacation, sick, personal, and holiday time off (or paid time off on the school calendar)
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance options
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Employer‑paid life insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Increased earning potential with online training through College of Direct Support
• On Demand Payment—access your earnings as early as the next day
• Discounts with Verizon, AT&T, Royal Carting, etc.
• And More!

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Experience within early childhood and special education preferred.
• Have the ability to push and pull students in wheelchairs, lift, bend, squat, turn in the knees, pivot and grasp with both hands (in order to properly and safely perform the techniques taught in CPR/First Aid, behavior intervention techniques, and lifting and carrying techniques), with or without a reasonable accommodation.