Job Description

Show your passion by empowering youth and families when joining the Wayside team!

Wayside is one of Massachusetts' most respected youth and family-serving agencies, supporting more than 6,000 youth and families annually across Central, Eastern, and Northeastern regions.

We invest in our employees' wellness with comprehensive benefits, including tuition and training reimbursement, a PTO package with 3 wellness days, 9 paid holidays, and up to 3 weeks of vacation in the first year. Enjoy a learning environment with free training, CEUs, and more, along with exceptional medical benefits, financial health supports, and career development opportunities.

Apply today and earn a $2,000.00 sign-on bonus (pro-rated for part-time)!

Teacher’s Aide/Assistant

Academy - Framingham

Salary Range: $20.50 - $21.50/hour depending on experience + sign-on bonus (half paid after 6 months of employment and half paid after 1 year of employment/pro-rated for part-time).

Wayside Youth & Family Support Network is hiring for a creative and supportive individual to work in our Wayside Academy! We provide a supportive culture that is team-focused and places value on healthy work dynamics.

What you will do

• Teacher's Aide/Assistant is responsible for providing behavioral and academic support within the classroom to the students and teachers.
• Assist Special Education Teacher/Instructor in delivering curriculum. Act as substitute teacher when necessary.
• The Teacher Assistant is expected to act professionally and in a manner that is consistent with Wayside's core service values: resiliency, excellence and diversity.
• Provide 1:1 support to students to maintain their ability to stay in the classroom. Offering behavioral support interventions if a student is unable to maintain in the classroom.
• Be able to multitask competing priorities to enact the program structure, strive for identified standards of behavior and to provide a positive role model for youth.

Competencies/Traits of Our Superstars:

• High quality customer service (i.e. ability to connect with others, approachability, being respectful to others, able to communicate with others at all levels).
• Ability to assess and manage risk.
• Ability to set limits and support the school culture.
• Flexibility and creative thinking (i.e. ability to adapt and adjust to changing work situations, processes, and procedures).

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 6+ months of experience in educational settings preferred.

We will train you in:  Motivational Interviewing; Courageous Conversations; Attachment, Regulation and Competency Model (ARC); Trauma Informed Practice. MAP, TCI, CPR, First Aid training upon hire.