Provide teaching assistance for up to 5.5 hours per school day at Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech in an early childhood school program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and who are learning and using spoken language.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Assist classroom Teachers of the Deaf in the implementation of group lessons and individual/group learning activities
• Assist the children through daily routines and transitions (e.g., moving from activity to activity, dressing/undressing, toileting, outside play, snack and lunchtime)
• Engage children in play and early language interactions in and out of the classroom
• Assist in carrying out individual learning and behavior plans and associated data collection
• Assist in attendance, record keeping and preparation of educational materials and learning space
• Provide on-going listening and language stimulation under the guidance of the classroom Teacher of the Deaf and Speech Language Pathologists
• Reinforce and review lessons with small groups and individual students under the guidance of the Teacher of the Deaf and/or Speech Language Pathologist
• Assist students with their equipment, conduct and record listening checks
• Assist in documentation of attendance, student progress
• Comply with state licensing agency, school, and class rules and regulations
• Collaborate with teaching staff in planning
• Participate in staff professional development and complete required state and school trainings

Physical demands:

• Occasionally on the floor for an extended amount of time
• Occasionally stand for long periods of time
• Occasionally some light lifting is required as well as pushing and pulling equipment
• Rarely, lifting a young child

Education, licenses, certifications, skills and experience

• Experience and training in early childhood
• CPR, First Aid and Epi Pen training
• Special education experience preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field preferred
• Hold or be eligible for Early Education and Care preschool teacher license

*Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

**Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

*** Title IX Notice of Nondiscrimination: Clarke Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex in admission, administration of its educational programs or activities or employment. Clarke Schools is required by Title IX and its implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 not to discriminate on the basis of sex in admission, administration of its educational programs or activities or employment. The Chief Human Resource Officer, Andrea Harkins, MA, MBA, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, 45 Round Hill Road, Northampton, MA 01060, telephone number 413-582-1155, has been designated as the employee responsible for coordinating Clarke Schools efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under Title IX. Inquiries concerning the application of Title IX and its implementing regulations at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 to Clarke Schools may be referred to Andrea Harkins or to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, at 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-1100, telephone number 800-421-3481.

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