Teacher Aide - Hawthorne, United States - Hawthorne Cedar Knolls UFSD

Description

The purpose of the Teacher Aide position is to support school teachers and staff in providing a safe and secure environment for all faculty, staff and students.

• Assist in monitoring safety of students
• Assist in gathering and escorting students to class
• Write daily reports as needed
• Monitor activity in hallways both during and between class times
• Supervise interactions among students and intervene to deescalate a potential conflict
• Provide crisis prevention and intervention where appropriate
• Respond to crisis or emergency situations that may occur
• Escort students to other campus destinations
• Follow students in elopement or AWOL situations
• Establish positive relationships with children and staff & contribute to maintaining order
• Become familiar with and contribute to building routines and activities
• Act as a role model and exhibit a positive courteous attitude at all times
• Maintain a professional attitude and appearance at all times, practicing good judgment
• Have good attendance and work flexibly within the assigned school and tasks
• Physical condition commensurate with the demands of the job
• Ability and willingness to learn from training especially Therapeutic Conflict Intervention Certification

The minimum qualifications required for a Teacher Aide position are either graduation from high school, or possession of a New York Statehigh school equivalency diploma.

A Teacher Aide should also have some combination of experience and training sufficient to indicate ability to do the required work.

• Elementary school
• High school

• Monday to Friday

• Public school
• Special education school