Syracuse City School District is Hiring a Teaching Assistant for Montessori Program-Immediate Hire Near Syracuse, NY
Certified - Elementary - Teacher Assistant Job Number 2300282593
Start Date
Open Date 01/26/2024
Closing Date ABOUT OUR DISTRICT The Syracuse City School District is undergoing a new phase of innovation and transformation with the goal of ensuring that all students graduate high school with the skills needed to be ready for college and career. For Syracuse, all means all - including students who fall behind or have been considered "hard to serve" for a host of reasons. The School Board and Syracuse community have charged the Superintendent with improving student achievement, and he is seeking a dedicated and diverse team of school leaders and teachers to partner with him in moving the district toward its goals. The Syracuse City School District represents 34 schools and 4 alternative education programs, serving 19,000 students Pre-K-12 of whom 77% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 18% are served by the Office of Special Education and 78% are students of color. JOB DESCRIPTION: Teaching Assistants provide instructional services to students under the general supervision of a licensed or certified teacher in the Montessori Program at LeMoyne Elementary School. LOCATION: Montessori at LeMoyne & Montessori at Delaware ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
Work with individual pupils or groups of pupils on special instructional projects
Provide the teacher with information about pupils which will assist the teacher in the development of appropriate learning and behavioral experiences
Assist pupils in the use of available instructional resources, and assisting in the development of instructional materials
Utilize their own special skills and abilities by assisting in instructional programs in such areas as: foreign languages, arts, crafts, music and similar subjects
Assist in related instructional work as required
Assist students with specific health related activities as appropriate
When working in a Special Education classroom, employees may be required to perform the following tasks:
Toileting needs
Feeding needs
Llifting students when needed
Pushing students in assistive devices (e.g. wheelchairs)
POSITION HOURS:
35 hours per week, 10 months per year
CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS:
New York State Level I, Level II, Level III, Pre-Professional, or Continuing teaching assistant certificate is required.
The successful candidate will be required to pass a fingerprint-based background check, at the cost of $101.75 to the candidate
City Residents are encouraged to apply!
SALARY/SALARY RANGE:
The current new hire salary for SCSD Teaching Assistants is $23,464 per the Unit 8 contractual agreement.