GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The Safe Haven for Children Program is a 24-hour program that serves young persons in immigration custody who are awaiting release to their sponsors. The Teaching Assistant is responsible for supporting the Teacher in providing a basic education curriculum to young persons in the shelter program, including beginning English.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Supervise students, ensuring teacher-student ratio is always met.
• Assist classroom teacher in his/her preparation, implementation, evaluation and recording of daily lesson plans as directed by the teacher.
• Ensure that students are always accompanied by an adult and are directly supervised as they move about the school building and school campus.
• Ensure that the classroom is left in clean and orderly condition at the end of the school day.
• Assess students for signs of emotional difficulties, abuse, or neglect and report these to the teacher, class social worker or school administrator.
• Actively support the teacher in addressing student behavioral needs, intervening in classroom behavior as needed.
• Monitor and record progress of each student in program database.
• Participate in professional development and other trainings as required.
• Assist with clerical tasks such as student homework collection and correction, progress reports, monthly data, and incident reporting.
• Assist the teacher in providing classroom instruction, covering for the teacher in providing lessons as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISES:

• Students/interns

EDUCATION:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Teaching Assistant Certification or a Bachelors degree in Education or another behavioral science

EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 1 year experience working in a school setting or in a community activity involving immigrants, children and/or adolescents; or
• Minimum of 1 year experience in a foster care agency or a related human services agency

SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Bilingual in English and Spanish
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with classroom teacher
• Demonstrated ability to supervise students in a school setting
• Demonstrated ability to implement the instructional program as presented by the classroom teacher
• Ability to work collaboratively with people from all walks of life
• Strong interest in working with immigrant young persons
• Willingness to be involved in a program of professional development
• Demonstrated ability to be an active and involved partner in the classroom process
• Demonstrated ability to work with students, including students with behavioral challenges