Instructional Aides - Cambridge, United States - Cambridge Public Schools
Description
General Education Instructional Aide (6 hour/10 month), Multiple Positions Available (District-Wide Elementary/Location TBD)
In the Cambridge Public Schools, teachers and staff members work in partnership with parents and caregivers to provide a safe, inclusive, culturally responsive learning environment where all children - regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender identity, disability, religion or socioeconomic status - have access to the opportunities to reach their full potential and develop the skills needed to be successful, independent, and culturally-proficient scholars.
We are seeking a dedicated and nurturing paraprofessional to help foster a safe and positive classroom environment where elementary grade scholars can engage in rigorous, joyful and culturally responsive learning experiences_._ This individual will assist the classroom teacher in implementing developmentally appropriate curriculum that is based on children's individual developmental needs in the context of a classroom community of learners.
The aide will assist the classroom teacher with:
- Planning, developing and providing a creative learning environment focused on high academic achievement, excellence in teaching, respect for differences and collaborative relationships,
- Providing a safe and effective learning environment in which behaviors that interfere with learning are prevented and/or addressed,
- Instructing small groups with a focus literacy, math and Social emotional learning skills,
- Providing daily activities, which integrate learning across the curriculum.
The individual will also supervise students at lunch and recess and will occasionally provide whole-class supervision when the teacher is out of the classroom.
The paraprofessional will participate in professional learning specially designed to support his/her ability to meet all students' academic and social emotional learning needs with a focus on literacy and math.
- As a fulltime paraprofessional, you will possess many, though perhaps not all, of the following characteristics and qualifications:_
- Associate's degree or 48 college credits. Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Previous coursework in the education of elementary grade children is preferred.
- Previous successful experience working with children in an urban, multicultural setting, preferably at the elementary level.
- Willingness to be trained in small group interventions.
- Demonstrated ability to respect diversity and help children develop a positive selfimage as successful learners.
- Ability to speak Arabic, Amharic, Bengali, Spanish, Portuguese or Haitian Creole a plus.
Pay:
$26, $41,989.49 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Grade school specialties:
- Kindergarten
- Middle school
Physical setting:
- Public school
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location:
In person
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