What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dedicated Aide (2024-2025 School Year) position at Sojourner Truth Montessori Public Charter School?
Job Description: Dedicated Aide
Overview:
The mission of The Sojourner Truth Public Charter School () is to empower students to transform the world. Students at Truth will graduate ready for success in college, career, and life. They will serve as active agents in the construction of peace. They will know who they are, what they want, and where they are going. They will be able to walk into any space, find their place, and make a powerful contribution. Truth achieves this vision through a Montessori education built upon student-led classrooms with a learning environment deliberately designed to enable student engagement in meaningful, authentic work and to foster a close-knit community where students pursue justice and practice stewardship.
Truth serves a culturally diverse population of 6th-10th grade students in Washington, DC, and anticipates growing to become a 6th-12th grade school over the next two years.
All staff at Truth PCS should be fully invested in Truth’s two Design Principles:
- Students need to be prepared for life, not just for school.
- Each student’s identity, voice, perspectives, and choices matter.
Position:
The Sojourner Truth School is seeking a full-time, collaborative on-campus dedicated aide. Among other things, the aide will work one-on-one and in small groups to help serve students with IEPs. Salary will be determined based on experience, and will be between $35,000 and $40,000 per year.
Responsibilities:
- The day will begin by 8am, supporting morning welcome duty and breakfast
- Working directly with lead teachers and with students to support lessons and student work
- Willingness and capacity to work in small groups with diverse learners, and lead mini-lessons where appropriate
- Capacity to familiarize oneself with the goals of a student’s IEP and personalize approach and lessons accordingly
- The aide will work directly with the instructional team and will be a key contributor to a positive classroom climate and culture
- High comfort level engaging directly with students, and confidence supporting them through work
- Eagerness to collaborate as a teammate
- Motivated by Truth’s mission and its desire to set a national model for a high-quality, urban public Montessori secondary school
- Experience with middle school-aged students (school, camp, tutoring, or other)
The Sojourner Truth School provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $40,000.00 - $50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- middle school: 2 years (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $35,000 - $40,000