Teacher Aide/Assistant Substitutes

p style="text-align: center;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #008080;"strongTeacher Aides/Assistants Substitutes/strong/span/p p style="text-align: center;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"strongHudson, NY/strong/span/p p style="text-align: center;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"Bring your emstrongHEART.../strong/em to Coarc/span/p pnbsp;/p pspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"The Starting Place offers preschool daycare to families with children ages 2.9 to 5 years. Our daycare services are paid by the family. The Starting Place is also the only full-service special education preschool in Columbia County. Our classes are staffed with a master level, New York State certified special education teacher and New York State certified teacher assistants. TSP staff also includes speech language pathologist, an occupational therapist, a physical therapist, and a clinical social worker./span/p pnbsp;/p pspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"This is a Non-Exempt position:/span/p pspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Pay Rate: $16.50 per hour/span/p pspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Hours: As needed Monday-Friday between hours of 7:30a-5pm/span/p pnbsp;/p p style="text-align: center;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongJoin our Team and you will be amazed at the relationships you create./strong/span/p pnbsp;/p pspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #008080;"stronguGENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB/u/strong/span/p pspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Assist the classroom teacher in the organization, preparation and implementation of learning activities; serve as a role model to the children./span/p pspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #008080;"stronguESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES/u/strong/span/p ul lispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Assist the children in completing daily learning activities, including activities of daily living (e.g., toileting, eating, dressing, etc.); provide supervision and assistance during recreational activities and during bus arrival and departure times./span/li lispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Maintain positive, supportive relationships with all children; provide support via an individual child's behavior plan or guidelines as applicable; consult with the teacher or management staff as appropriate, regarding difficulties incurred with any child during the daily routine./span/li lispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Ensure the safety and health of the children by maintaining appropriate supervision and by advising the Supervisor or other management staff of potentially unsafe or unhealthy conditions./span/li lispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Assist the teacher and other classroom staff in the daily classroom activities per each child's Individualized Education Plan (IEP); assist in the inventory and preparation of classroom materials per the teacher's lesson plans and the curriculum; responsible for preparation, organization, clean up and storage of classroom materials as directed by the teacher./span/li lispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Remain flexible with regard to classroom assignment so that daily supervision needs can be maintained; assist in any classroom on a daily basis as requested by the Supervisor or other management staff; assist with purchasing of groceries or supplies at local stores./span/li lispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Work cooperatively with the teacher, clinicians and other classroom staff to meet the needs of the children./span/li lispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Participate in all required staff meetings, team meetings, training classes and training programs per regulatory and Agency requirements or as requested./span/li /ul pspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #008080;"stronguREQUIREMENTS/u/strong/span/p ul lispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"High School Diploma or GED (now called TASC)/span/li lispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"One year experience with preschool special education children./span/li lispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Ability to be certified in all required trainings. Trainings are conducted during weekday hours./span/li lispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds on a regular basis and occasionally up to 80 pounds./span/li lispan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Willingness to assist in other classrooms when needed./span/li /ul pspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongDo you have outstanding student loans, and are you interested in student loan forgiveness? Coarc is considered a qualified employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program./strong/span/p p#MP/p pspan style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Please visit our website at a href="http://www.coarc.org/"www.coarc.org/a for Coarc job openings and to complete an application online./span/p pnbsp;/p p style="text-align: center;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"For more information, feel free to contact:/span/p p style="text-align: center;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"Jamie Budai at: a href="mailto:jamieb@coarc.org"jamieb@coarc.org/a or 518-672-4451 ext. 2141/span/p pnbsp;/p p style="text-align: center;"span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"strongEqual Opportunity Employer/strong/span/p