Job Description

Hours Per Day: 6.50 (9:00 � 3:30)
Work Year: 10 Months Per Year -- Off during school breaks.
Minimum Pay Rate $18.00/Hour
Classification: Non-Competitive

TYPCIAL WORK ACTIVITIES (All need not be performed in a given position. Other related activities may be performed although not listed.)

• Applies therapeutic crises intervention techniques or the components of other structured behavioral approaches as outlined by the Department for Exceptional Children in order to keep children safe, up to and including the use of physical interventions for use with students with emotional disabilities and or autism;

• Assists individual students or small groups of students with the implementation of their individual or program coping and resolution strategies;

• Assists the teacher and multi-disciplinary team in the identification of appropriate behavioral and instructional objectives;

• Provides supervision to students from the point of arrival to dismissal, including transitions and lunch periods;

• Participates in all in-service classroom training, including annual recertification in Therapeutic Crises Intervention;

• Assists the teacher in preparing instructional and behavioral materials for classroom teaching and may sit with students who are working on assignments after a lesson has already been given by the teacher;

• Gathers assignments from other teachers for students who were absent or failed to keep track of their homework.

QUALIFICATIONS EITHER:

A. Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered college with an Associate's degree (or completion of 60 college credits), Or

B. Two (2) years paid full time or its part time equivalent experience involving the supervision, counseling or instruction of students in a school facility, institution or agency devoted to the care, education, rehabilitation or detention of children; OR,

C. Two (2) years paid full time or its part time equivalent experience responsible for the protection of people or property in a position such as Police Officer, Security Specialist or Military Police; OR,

D. Any equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and (B) above.

FLSA: Non-Exempt