Teacher Assistant

SCO Family of Service; Town of Sodus (NY); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

SCO Family of Service is seeking an Educational Support role in New York to assist with instruction and behavior support for students with ED/ID. You will provide teacher-directed academic help, documentation, and collaboration with educators and families.

Responsibilities include managing classrooms, implementing IEP components, and supporting transitions, meals, and health education. A driver’s license and reliable transportation are preferred for travel between sites.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Associates or Bachelors in Education, Special Education, Psychology, Human Services, or related field preferred.
• Experience supporting students with ED and/or ID strongly preferred.
• Provide teacher-directed instructional support to individuals, small groups, and whole classes.
• Offer individualized assistance including prompting, redirection, and other instructional supports.
• Reinforce expectations, routines, and positive behavior; maintain a structured, safe classroom.
• Apply positive behavior supports and de-escalation per student plans.
• Assist with implementing IEP components and advancing goals.
• Collect and document student data, observations, and progress.
• Support school-day activities during instruction, transitions, meals, recreation, health education, and vocational activities.
• Foster independence and social-emotional development.
• Supervise to ensure student health and safety.
• Address crises calmly and follow school procedures.
• Collaborate with special and general educators, related-service providers, counselors and families.
• Demonstrate patience, flexibility, professionalism, reliability, consistency, and commitment to diverse learners.

Responsibilities

• Assist with instruction under teacher direction.
• Provide teacher-directed academic help and progress monitoring.
• Support classroom management and safety.
• Deliver crisis response per plans and de-escalation strategies.
• Collaborate with teachers and aides to implement IEPs.
• Collect and document student progress and behavior.
• Support during instruction, transitions, meals, and activities.
• Encourage student independence and appropriate social interactions.

Skills

Student support

Instructional support

Individualized assistance

Classroom management

Behavior support

IEP support

Documentation

School-day support

Student development

Supervision and safety

Crisis response

Collaboration

Professional qualities

Education

High school diploma/equivalent

Associate’s or Bachelor’s in Education, Special Education, Psychology, Human Services, or related field

Job description

• Education: High school diploma/equivalent required; Associate’s or Bachelor’s in Education , Special Education, Psychology, Human Services, or a related field preferred.
• Experience : Supporting students with ED and/or ID strongly preferred.
• Instructional Support: Assist with individual, small-group, and whole-class instruction under teacher direction.
• Individualized Assistance: Provide teacher-directed academic help, reinforcement, prompting, redirection, and other instructional supports.
• Classroom Management: Reinforce expectations, routines, and positive behavior; effectively redirect inappropriate behavior; and maintain a structured, safe classroom.
• Behavior Support: Apply positive supports, interventions, and appropriate de-escalation per each student’s educational and behavioral plans.
• IEP Support: Help implement applicable Individualized Education Program (IEP) components and advance academic, behavioral, social-emotional, and functional goals.
• Documentation: Collect and document student data , observations, behaviors, academic progress, and other relevant information as teacher- or team-directed.
• School-Day Support: Assist during instruction, transitions, meals, recreation , physical and health education, vocational activities, and other assigned school programs .
• Student Development: Foster independence, communication, appropriate social interactions, self-regulation, problem-solving, and responsible decision-making .
• Supervision and Safety: Supervise appropriately throughout the day to protect student health, safety, and well-being .
• Crisis Response: Address challenging behaviors and crises calmly, professionally, and appropriately, following school procedures and individual behavioral plans.
• Collaboration: Partner effectively with special and general educators, related-service providers, counselors, behavioral staff, administrators, families, and other team members.
• Professional Qualities: Show patience, flexibility, professionalism, reliability, consistency, and commitment to learners with diverse learning and behavioral needs .

Travel Required

Yes . Yes, 50 % of the Time

Qualifications

Education

Required

High School or better.

Licenses & Certifications

Required

DRIVER'S LICENSE

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