Middle/Elementary School Personal Care Assistant Opportunity (Grades K-8th) - 2025/26 School Year

Paul Robeson Charter School (PRCS) is a free, lottery-based, open-enrollment charter school serving students from across Trenton in grades K-1 and 3-8. The 2025-26 school year is an exciting year for PRCS because we will start serving students in 2 grade and become a full K-8 school!

The mission of Paul Robeson CS is to provide a personalized education that challenges, inspires and prepares students to passionately pursue their dreams & lead a life of active civic engagement. PRCS inspires and equips every student to lead a life of achievement, service and success. Our structured and nurturing community, comprehensive programming and rigorous academic curriculum are designed to build self-motivated citizens, eager learners and strong leaders - regardless of circumstance.

We seek to provide project-based learning and high-quality instruction to help students grow as learners and citizens. We believe in rigorous and culturally relevant curriculum where all students are given an opportunity to reach high academic success. Our teachers engage in extensive planning, strong instructional execution, and common skill-based assessments. Our curriculum engages students in building their academic proficiency and social-emotional skills to be successful.

Opportunity

We are currently looking for a passionate Personal Care Assistant to join the PRCS team in the 25-26 SY. The Personal Care Assistant promotes and enhances our school's overall academic mission by providing academic services and behavior support to our students requiring specialized services. This role is full-time, Monday-Friday. This role sits on our Student Supports team.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and collaborate with special and general education teacher(s) to reinforce academic goals on student Individual Education Plans (IEPs);
• Assist classroom teachers and positively manage behaviors of special education students;
• Work one on one or in small groups with students to reinforce/monitor their academic progress;
• Monitor and track progress of student behavior charts;
• Set and maintain high academic and behavioral expectations for all students;
• Adhere to school management and behavior policies.

Qualifications and Skills

• The ability to motivate students and cultivate a culture of achievement;
• A belief that ALL students should be held to high academic standards;
• Resilience and professionalism;
• Commitment to school transformation and continuous improvement;
• Open to feedback and coaching;
• Strong sense of personal accountability for student achievement;
• Collaborative approach to problem solving.

Educational Background and Work Experience

• Associate’s degree required, Bachelor’s degree preferred;
• Experience working with middle school children, school-setting experience preferred

The Rewards

• Competitive salary and benefits package;
• 3-4 prep periods a day;
• Professional collaboration with grade and content teams;
• Weekly coaching and ongoing professional development;
• 1:1 Chromebooks in every classroom;
• Google Education platform for online assignment management;
• The opportunity to maximize your impact in schools where we are raising the bar for student achievement.