What are the responsibilities and job description for the Extended School Year Teaching Assistants - ESY 2025 position at Arlington School District?

The Special Education Department is now accepting applications for summer employment in the Extended School Year program (ESY). All current employees are encouraged to apply. Please note that you must be a licensed special education teacher to lead a classroom or SLC classroom.

Extended School Year Program Structure

Dates : July 7th - August 14th (Six weeks, 4 days a week)

Time : Monday - Thursday (9 : 00am - 12 : 00pm)

Please note that staff preferences regarding grade / age will be honored to the extent possible.

Pay Rates : $175 per day for teachers and related service providers;

25 per hour for teaching assistants

Educators who are instructors in APS summer programs are eligible to enroll their child(ren) in SummerFun! during the weeks they are teaching. You may enroll your elementary-aged child (grades 1-5, Fall '25) at a 75% discount for non-vendor classes and 30% discount for vendor classes. Materials fees and some classes are excluded. Information about SummerFun! can be found here.

Staff Expectations

All summer staff will be expected to attend a one (1) hour planning session prior to the end of the school year. Details to come. For teachers and related service providers, planning time is not compensated separately as it is built into the daily rate paid during the summer session.

Professional staff will be expected to develop their schedules and have them completed by June 6, 2025, so they can be shared with families before the end of the school year. Staff will need to communicate schedules to families at this time.

To ensure consistency of programming and coverage, it is preferred but not required that all teachers and TAs commit to the full 6 weeks and schedule vacations around ESY (

see above). Those that cannot are encouraged to apply for substitute positions or find a job share partner.

Classroom Teachers and Related Service Providers will collect regular data towards existing IEP goals and report on it in the Summer Summaries at the conclusion of the ESY program.

Classroom Teachers and Related Service Providers will take and maintain daily attendance.

Classroom Teachers and Related Service Providers will complete ALL student summer performance reports by the end of day on the last day of the program, and will provide copies to be filed and mailed as well as uploading the report into EasyIEP.

Classroom Teachers and Related Service Providers will combine student performance reports into one document for parent(s) and district file and upload into students electronic file.

ESY location information

Preschool students will be at Menotomy (12 Mill Brook Drive)

Current grades : K-4 students and incoming Grade K students will be at Pierce Current grades : 5-7 students will be at Gibbs

Current grades : 8-11 students will be at AHS

The Arlington Public Schools are committed to creating an inclusive and safe learning and working environment that reflects a diversity of perspectives, values, and experiences. We welcome staff who are aware of the role that bias and prejudice play in society, are creative and willing to try new approaches, and are reflective about their daily practice. We are looking for candidates who welcome a challenge, are eager to collaborate and contribute to the success of students, are ready to engage in two-way partnership with families, and who will contribute their diverse talents to the organization as a whole.

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