Teacher Assistant, Refugee Shelter - Full-time

Position Details: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"img src="https://samaritas.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInertaction=downloadid=46199hashed=1445684163" alt="Samaritasmall_RGB" //span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #440099;"strongMake a Difference Every Day — Join Us as a Teacher Assistant!/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Are you passionate about education and social impact? As a strongTeacher Assistant in our Refugee Shelter program/strong, you’ll play a vital role in helping youth thrive in their new environment. You’ll support lead teachers in creating a safe, inclusive, and empowering classroom where students from diverse backgrounds can learn English, build confidence, and feel a sense of belonging./span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"This is more than a job — it’s a chance to be part of a compassionate team that believes in the power of education to transform lives. If you’re patient, culturally sensitive, and ready to make a real difference, we’d love to meet you./span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Bilingual in Spanish strongly preferred. /span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #440099;"Welcome to Samaritas Nation!/span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #440099;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"Samaritas is a Michigan-based human service organization that connects people with families and communities, empowers them to live their fullest life possible, and creates a ripple effect of transformation. The reference to the work of the Good Samaritan in our name is especially fitting as it is consistent with our mission, values and the services our faith-based company provides.  /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #440099;"APPLY TODAY!  /span/strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"   #BeTheRock, creating ripples of positive transformation in the lives of those we are entrusted to serve! /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #440099;" /spanspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"  /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="color: #000000;"strongspan style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"span style="color: #440099;"This position has a pay rate of $21.00/hour/span/span/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" img src="https://samaritas.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInertaction=downloadid=54536hashed=537799161" alt="Welcome to Samaritas (2)" width="671" height="562" //span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /p Duties And Responsibilities: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="color: #440099;"strongspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Teaching children coming from diverse and often times traumatic backgrounds who are placed into a shelter setting or foster home as an Unaccompanied Child. Provide educational support services in accordance with applicable contractual and regulatory requirements and accreditation standards. /span/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Duties and Responsibilities /span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pollispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Support learning and instructional objectives with translation services if bilingual/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Tutor and assist students individually or in small groups to help master assignments and to reinforce learning concepts presented by teachers/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Maintain ongoing communication with teachers to coordinate instructional efforts/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Observe student's performance and record relevant data to assess progress/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Assist in presenting subject matter to students under the direction and guidance of the teacher/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injuries and damage/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Supervise Students during lunch, recess and independent learning tasks; transport and supervise students during class outings/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Participate in performance-related goal setting, achievements to meet personal, organization objectives, and goals/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Support the student's emotional and social development, encouraging understanding of others and positive self-concepts/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Assist with educational assessments, weekly progress reports, conducting weekly group sessions, and educational activity planning as needed /span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Report safety hazards and needed repairs to Supervisor/span/li/ol Qualifications: p style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 12pt;"strongspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"Job Qualifications Education/span/strong/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Training, and Licensure/Certification/span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pullispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"High school diploma or GED/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Completion of college course work or Associate degree in human services or education field, preferred/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"English as a Second Language Certificate, preferred /span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Experience/span/pp style="margin: 0px;" /pullispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"One year experience working with youth grades K-12, in an educational setting/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Experience working with residential youth preferred/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Bi-lingual in Spanish strongly preferred/span/lilispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"Valid unrestricted driver's license with good driving record. Reliable personal transportation suitable for safely transporting persons served; proof of current registration and automobile insurance/span/li/ulp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"#refugee #spanish #bi-lingual #education #training/span/p