Location:
Erie 1 BOCES
Special Education Services
Maryvale High School
Cheektowaga, NY 

Hours:                       
7:00 AM – 2:30 PM

Hourly Salary:        
$18.85 - Level I Teaching Assistant Certification
$19.10 - Level II Teaching Assistant Certification
$19.96 - Level III Teaching Assistant Certification

Exceptional 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%)
• Life insurance at NO cost to you
• FSA plan
• Employee Centric work environment
• Fun events for employees to enjoy.
• Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• NYS Retirement System
• 403b AND 457 retirement plans
• Unlimited opportunities for growth and professional development

Job Responsibilities:

Working in the Work Based Learning Program, support students in community work intern settings. Work with students and assist in the work training tasks as directed by the teacher or required in the community setting. Communicate with the teacher and supervisor on pertinent issues related to student achievement and progress. Maintain progress documentation.

1. Supporting students across the curriculum.
2. Works with individual students as directed by teacher.
3. Assists the teacher with marking and correcting work.
4. Assists with school events, trips and other activities.
5. Assists in classroom behavior management.
6. Assists with routine classroom functioning.
7. Accompanies students when removal from a classroom is necessary or when the students must go to another part of the building.
8. Assists in restraining students who may exhibit behaviors that are injurious to self or others.
9. Assists and supervises games and free play, both indoors and outdoors.
10. Assists teacher in the implementation of activities that include but are not limited to: feeding, lifting, toileting, and other activities of daily living (e.g. grooming, hygiene, leisure/recreation, etc.).
11. Lifts and transports students in conjunction with daily living activities. ?
    1. Teaching Assistants 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.
    2. SPECIAL NOTE: Ability to lift/move students either independently or with assistance is a condition of employment for teaching assistants who work with non-ambulatory students. Initial and periodic physical examinations will test this ability. Teaching Assistants should not attempt to lift more than one-third of their body weight without assistance from another adult or appropriate lifting devices.
12. Maintains working knowledge and ability to implement classroom and school wide safety plans.
13. Discuss parental requests for information with the teacher before responding.
14. Maintain confidentiality of student information.
15. Assume teacher responsibilities in the absence of the classroom teacher or as assigned.