Location:
Erie 1 BOCES
Special Education Services
Winchester Academy
West Seneca, NY 
 

Hourly Rate:
$15.00

Generous benefits package including but not limited to the following: Employment - Erie 1 BOCES

• Paid annual holidays

• Generous Paid Personal/Sick time

• Premium Health and Dental plans (E1B pays 85%)

• Medical Insurance waiver allowance

• Life insurance at NO cost to you

• FSA plan

• Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• NYS Retirement System

• 403b AND 457 retirement plans

This is a great way to gain experience in education or just a wonderful job for someone looking for Monday through Friday days with great benefits! Erie 1 BOCES is committed to providing an environment where you feel appreciated as a valued member of our Winchester Academy team.

Whether you plan on a career in education or just want a job where you know that you make a difference, this may be the job for you.  Come see what it is all about!  Don't worry about having hands-on experience in a classroom!  We will consider any person that has worked in a position where there were specialized duties.  You work very closely with the lead teacher and other staff members.

Job Responsibilities:
Winchester Academy is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Personal Care Aide to join our team in a 6:1:1 classroom setting. The ideal candidate will provide essential support to students with special needs, ensuring their safety, well-being, and engagement in educational activities. This position offers a rewarding opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of students with diverse learning requirements.

General Duties:
1. Assists with classroom activities as directed by teacher.

2. Work with individual children as directed by teacher.

3. Assists children with arrival and departure involving coats, boots, and lunches.

4. Helps keep supplies and materials in order.

5. Helps prepare materials for their use.

6. Cleans up and puts away materials after use.

7. Changes children's clothing and cleanses children, if necessary.

8. Assists teacher in implementing the classroom and/or individual student's behavior management program.

9. Accompanies a child when removal from a classroom is necessary or when the child must go to another part of the building.

10. Assists in restraining students who may exhibit behaviors that are injurious to themselves or others.

11. Assists and supervises games and free play, both indoors and outdoors.

12. Assists teacher in the implementation of activities that include but are not limited to: feeding, toileting, and other activities of daily living(e.g. grooming, hygiene, leisure/recreation, etc.).

13. Lifts and transports students in conjunction with daily living activities.

• Teacher Aides working with non-ambulatory students are expected to lift 40- pound loads independently and may be required to lift/move students weighing more than 40 pounds with assistance from another adult and/or with the use of appropriate lifting devices.
• SPECIAL NOTE: The ability to lift/move students either independently or with assistance is a condition of employment for teacher aides who work with non-ambulatory students. Initial and periodic physical examinations will test this ability. Teacher aides should not attempt to lift more than one-third of their body weight without assistance from another adult or appropriate lifting devices.

14. Be an active part of the classroom education team, as demonstrated by following teachers' directions, being cooperative, showing support for other team members and focusing on student needs and outcomes.

15. Discuss parental requests for information with the teacher before responding.

16. Maintains confidentiality of student information.

ALC AIDE ONLY-The following description applies to those aides who work in the Alternative Learning Center (ALC):

1. The ALC Aide is an important member of the educational team in the academic strand program. Typically, the ALC aide is found in buildings that have a cluster of two or three 6:1+A or 8:1+A academic classroom. The primary responsibility of the ALC Aide is to monitor students in the ALC room. This involves remaining with the student at ALL times, maintaining a log/anecdotal record of student behavior, and utilizing a checklist of prescribed steps that a student must follow to terminate their time in the ALC room.

2. Students are placed in the ALC room in one of two ways. The first way is teacher directed wherein the teacher initiates the student's removal from the classroom. The ALC aide assists the teacher in escorting a student from the classroom to the ALC room. It is also assumed that the classroom aide will assist in transporting a student to the ALC room, if necessary.

NOTE: In a crisis situation, the ALC aide and the classroom aide receive directions from the classroom teacher. The second method of placement is student directed, wherein a student requests to leave the classroom (for a calming down period).

3. When there are no students in the ALC room, the ALC aide spends quality time with the students within the classroom environment and should perform other general classroom aide duties. This time is very positive and may consist of private time with the students such as remediation and tutoring.