What are the responsibilities and job description for the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant position at The Baker Center for Children and Families?
Camp Baker Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Job Title: Camp Baker Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
Location: On-site – Boston/Hale Reservation
Job Type: Full-Time - Seasonal
Summary of Job:
The Baker Center for Children and Families (also known as Judge Baker Children's Center), promotes the best possible mental health of children and families through the integration of research, intervention, training, and policy.
Camp Baker at The Baker Center for Children and Families is a program premised on the Summer Treatment Program (STP), a Model Program for Service Delivery for Child and Family Mental Health and evidence-based program to support children with ADHD and comorbid challenges. The Camp Baker undergraduate position provides trainees with the opportunity to receive didactic learning in the STP model, implementation of the complex behavioral system with a group of children, experience taking behavioral data, using data to create individualized treatment plans, formal group supervision, and informal individual supervision.
The dates of employment for the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant position are Tuesday, July 1, 2025 through Friday, August 15, 2025 (staff will have Friday, July 4th off). Teaching Assistants’ hours of employment will be from 7:30am to 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. In addition, Teaching Assistants will continue to work until 6:00pm one evening each week while caregivers participate in parent training sessions.
What’s in it for me?
- Receive extensive training and hands-on experience implementing an evidence-based intervention and behavioral principles in a classroom setting
- Implement general behavioral principles and learn ways to interact with children that will be beneficial for any setting and population
- Gain over 200 hours of supervised direct clinical experience with neurodiverse children ages 6-12
- Participate in weekly individual supervision with the graduate-level teacher
- Gain experience supporting the creation of curriculum covering topics including social-emotional content, bullying prevention, and academic content
- Academic course credit or teaching hours may be arranged through a Teaching Assistant’s own program.
- Work under the supervision of doctoral level clinicians and experienced Camp Baker staff members and receive regular feedback about your performance.
Responsibilities:
- Implements an extensive behavior modification treatment program during classroom activities. The program includes feedback and associated consequences for work productivity and classroom behavior, daily and weekly rewards for appropriate behavior, social praise and attention, appropriate commands, and age-appropriate removal from positive reinforcement.
- Responsible for preparing assignments and classroom materials, for assisting the teacher with classroom management, for grading children’s assignments and providing performance feedback to children during the academic period, for providing small-group instruction, and for performing other classroom duties as required.
- Assists with project preparation, room set up, provides individual assistance to children, evaluates classroom rules, and provides feedback to children when they violate classroom rules.
Learning Objectives:
- Participates in weekly group supervisions and in week-long didactic training on behavior modification principles and how to use behavior modification strategies in the classroom.
- Works with undergraduate and graduate staff to review daily treatment records to determine individual areas of impairment and target behaviors and individualized programming needs for campers who do not respond to standard treatment components.
- Receives weekly clinical supervision by graduate staff
Training:
- Must be able to use physical management procedures to help maintain the safety of children ages 6-12. Due to this aspect of the position, Undergraduate Counselors will come into close contact with campers and other staff and will be unable to socially distance.
- Abides by policies and procedures regarding the behavioral modification program, daily classroom activities, and the physical management of, and injuries to, campers.
Qualifications
Education:
- Enrolled in or completed an undergraduate-level program in Education, Special Education, Psychology, Behavior Analysis, Social Work, or related field.
Experience:
- Experience working with children or adolescents in settings such as summer camps, or after-school, sports, daycare, or educational programs.
- Experience with activities such as organized sports, art, music, dance, theater, graphic design, photography, and videography.
- Experience teaching, refereeing, or coaching children is preferred.
- Based on the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic, a fully effective vaccination with the Pfizer, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson vaccine is a pre-condition to employment.
(Cover letter, Updated Resume, Writing Sample, and three (3) professional references are required for consideration.) – only if applicable.
Logistics
Salary: $3,000 stipend for new staff
$3,500 stipend for returning staff
Open Date: December 1, 2024
Start Date: July 1, 2025
Diverse and multilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions or any other characteristic protected by law.
