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Teaching Assistant

Syracuse City School District
Syracuse, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 1/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/23/2025

Certified - Area - Teacher Assistants

Job Number 2300282591

Start Date

Open Date 01 / 26 / 2024

Closing Date

  • Anticipated future vacancy, dependent on budget approval.

ABOUT OUR DISTRICT :

The Syracuse City School District is undergoing a new phase of innovation and transformation with the goal of ensuring that all students graduate high school with the skills needed to be ready for college and career. For Syracuse, all means all - including students who fall behind or have been considered "hard to serve" for a host of reasons. The School Board and Syracuse community have charged the Superintendent with improving student achievement, and he is seeking a dedicated and diverse team of school leaders and teachers to partner with him in moving the district toward its goals. The Syracuse City School District represents 34 schools and 4 alternative education programs, serving 19,000 students Pre-K-12 of whom 77% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 18% are served by the Office of Special Education and 78% are students of color.

JOB DESCRIPTION :

Teaching Assistants provide instructional services to students under the general supervision of a licensed or certified teacher.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS :

  • Work with individual pupils or groups of pupils on special instructional projects
  • Provide the teacher with information about pupils which will assist the teacher in the development of appropriate learning and behavioral experiences
  • Assist pupils in the use of available instructional resources, and assisting in the development of instructional materials
  • Utilize their own special skills and abilities by assisting in instructional programs in such areas as : foreign languages, arts, crafts, music and similar subjects
  • Assist in related instructional work as required
  • Assist students with specific health related activities as appropriate
  • When working in a Special Education classroom, employees may be required to perform the following tasks :
  • Toileting needs
  • Feeding needs
  • Llifting students when needed
  • Pushing students in assistive devices (e.g. wheelchairs)
  • POSITION HOURS :

  • 35 hours per week, 10 months per year
  • CERTIFICATE REQUIREMENTS :

  • New York State Level I, Level II, Level III, Pre-Professional, or Continuing teaching assistant certificate is required.
  • The successful candidate will be required to pass a fingerprint-based background check, at the cost of $102.50 to the candidate.
  • City Residents are encouraged to apply!
  • SALARY / SALARY RANGE :

  • The current new hire salary for SCSD Teaching Assistants is $29,143 per the Unit 8 contractual agreement.
  • This posting is not used for current Unit 8 staff transfer requests. A separate electronic form will be shared for tenured Unit 8 staff to request a location transfer. Please expect the form to be shared in Spring 2024.

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    Salary : $29,143

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