Job Description
WSWHE BOCES, a public multifaceted educational organization dedicated to providing cost-effective shared educational programs and services that complement component school districts in strengthening the quality of living and learning in their communities, in which has an opening for a full-time, 10-Month Teaching Assistant (TA) with our Exceptional Learners Division at the following site:
- Sanford Street Teaching & Learning Center, Glens Falls
Sanford Street is a school for emotionally and behaviorally disabled children in grades K-6.
Its small classes enable us to create individualized programs and academics for each child, during both the regular school year and extended school year. The school’s small size – eleven classrooms with a 6:1:1 ratio – enables us to individualize programs and academics for each child.
The program is based on an ecological-collaborative model with multiple theoretical bases. Special education teachers, mental health practitioners, and allied health professionals work together as a community to help each child develop appropriate self-management and self-awareness skills, which allows them to function as independently and responsibly as possible.
Qualifications:
- Applicants are required to have a minimum of 18 college credit hours completed, with 60 credit hours or an Associates' degree preferred.
- Certified* or certifiable* as a Teaching Assistant
- *Certified and certifiable means that either you presently hold any level of the Teaching Assistant certificate issued by NYS Education Department OR you can obtain the introductory Teaching Assistant certificate with NYSED.
NOTICE TO ALL CANDIDATES: A fingerprint supported criminal history background check is required by law for employment in New York State schools. Prospective BOCES employees who do not hold NYS fingerprint clearance must be fingerprinted and cleared prior to employment with BOCES and are responsible for all fees associated with fingerprinting.
The Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES does not discriminate in its programs and activities, including employment and admission as applicable, on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, age, economic status, marital status, veterans' status, political affiliation, domestic victim status, use of a guide dog, hearing dog or service dog, disability, or other classifications protected under federal or state law, and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The designated district compliance officer(s) will coordinate compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements of Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act, and the New York State Human Rights Law. The BOCES Civil Rights Compliance Officer is: Turina Parker, Washington-Saratoga-Warren-Hamilton-Essex BOCES 267 Ballard Road, Suite 5, Wilton, NY 12831. phone: (518) 581-3716. Complaints may also be filed with the Office for Civil Rights, New York Office, U.S. Department of Education, 32 Old Slip, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10005-2500, phone (646) 428-3800, fax (646) 428-3843
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $13.20 - $14.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Application Question(s):
- Do you have a minimum of 18 college credits?
Work Location: In person