Position

MS/HS Teaching Assistant

Posting Date

November 13, 2024

Starting Date

November  2024

Application Due Date

November 22, 2024

Qualifications

• Education - A college degree and New York State Education Department Teaching Certificate preferable. 
• Minimum Requirement - Must qualify for teacher assistant license under the Rules of the Commissioner of Education. 
• Experience - Working with children in some instructional capacity preferred

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities 

Good knowledge of and understanding of child growth and development; good knowledge of paraprofessional instructional procedures and practices; some knowledge of the instructional goals and policies of public schools; good knowledge of subject matter reinforcement practices of the classes to which assigned; ability to implement teachers' instructional plans in assigned field; considerable patience and ability to work effectively with children, young adults, and faculty members; ability to assist in the implementation of an instructional program and to participate in monitoring and ensuring appropriate student behavior; ability to follow written and oral instructions and to perform all required tasks; ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing. 

Reports to

Building Principal (or designee) 

Responsibilities  Assists teachers in the process of providing instruction. 

• An individual who is optimistic, who sees events positively and anticipates the best possible outcome.
• Able to encourage and sustain others’ efforts as they work toward goals.
• Provides instructional services to individual or small groups of students under the direct general supervision of appropriate teacher and/or administrative personnel. 
• Assists the teacher in the development and preparation of instructional materials. 
• Maintains appropriate records of students under the direction of appropriate teacher and/or administrative personnel. 
• Assists teachers in related instructional work as required. 
• Assists students in the use of available instructional resources. 
• Utilizes own special skills and abilities by assisting in instructional programs. 
• Supervises students when they are outside the classroom and maintain order. 
• Performs miscellaneous clerical duties.

Other

Performs related duties as required or assigned.

Evaluation

Performance of the job will be evaluated annually by the Building Principal in accordance with Board of Education policy. 

Terms of Employment

In accordance with the terms and conditions set by the Board of Education

Position

Special Education Teacher Grades 7-12

Posting Date

November 13, 2024

Starting Date

November 2024

Application Due Date

November 22, 2024

Qualifications

• New York State provisional or permanent certificate in the field of Special Education. 
• Possesses and displays the experience, ability, personality, energy, and maturity to meet the everyday demands of students, curriculum, department, school and system. 

Reports to

Building Principal 

Responsibilities

To provide students with disabilities, a program that will enable them to reach their fullest physical, social-emotional, psychological, behavioral, and intellectual potential. 

• An individual who is optimistic, who sees events positively and anticipates the best possible outcome.
• Able to encourage and sustain others’ efforts as they work toward goals.
• Supervises students assigned to them. 
• Assesses students, both informally and formally, in order to provide an individualized classroom program. 
• Designs plans and appropriate activities to reach individual pupil IEP's. 
• Provides an individualized education program for students with disabilities consistent with State Education mandates and program's goals and requirements. 
• Establishes a classroom environment that provides for the student's social/emotional and behavioral needs as well as academic needs including specific systems of motivation to students. 
• Assists and counsels’ students in making realistic assessments of their abilities in establishing educational and/or occupational goals. 
• Keep attendance records and other reports/records pertinent to the program. 
• Provides, when warranted, continuous consultation and/or management outside of the classroom to appropriate personnel
• Provides assistance to students with regular class assignments. 
• Assists in screening, evaluating, and recommending placement of students in the school's program. 
• Works cooperatively with regular classroom teachers and staff who have students with handicapping conditions, interpreting their abilities, disabilities, and meeting the individual needs of the students. 
• Assists other professional staff members in identifying, recommending, and resolving psychological or disciplinary actions unique to the student. 
• Confers frequently with parents, professional staff members, building level administrators, and supervisors regarding the students educational, social/emotional, psychological, behavioral, and intellectual potential. 
• Participates, when appropriate, in continuous professional growth and development related to the field of teaching and/or specific area(s) of expertise

• .Other

Performs related duties as required or assigned

• Evaluation

• Performance will be evaluated annually by the Building Principal, the Building Assistant Principal, the Curriculum Coordinator, and other administrators as designated by the Superintendent, in accordance with the terms established by the Agreement between the Superintendent and the Lyons Teachers' Association and Board of Education policy. 

Terms of Employment

In accordance with the terms and conditions set by the Board of Education