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25 May
2017
Instructional Support Affective Needs Center Educational Assistant at STRIVE Prep – Excel
Job Description
About STRIVE Prep – Excel:
- STRIVE Prep-Excel opened its doors in 2013 as the second high school in the STRIVE Prep network, and will grow to a fully built-out high school, serving grades 9-12 during the 2016-17 school year.
- STRIVE Prep-Excel is highly committed to students with special needs, and in 2014 opened an Affective Needs center-based program which will serve all students (grades 9-12) during the 2016-17 school year.
- All teachers at STRIVE Prep-Excel benefit from bi-weekly observations and instructional coaching in order to ensure students receive the highest quality instruction.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provide one-on-one instructional support to students in the Affective Needs Center, including providing small group or one-on-one academic instruction, and pushing-in to support students in a regular classroom setting as needed.
- Collaborate with school leadership, teachers, paraprofessionals, and the special education team to ensure that instruction is always meeting the needs of all learners, including supporting student inclusion in general education classrooms and supporting the team in tracking students on their Individualized Education Plan (IEP) goals on a daily basis.
- Provide fair, accurate, and constructive feedback to students on their progress.
- Communicate regularly and often with families to both solicit their input and share student social and academic progress.
- Take responsibility for the safety and learning of all students in the school.
- Establish systems and routines in order to create a safe, purposeful, and welcoming classroom environment.
- Collaborate with the AN Center team to deescalate students as needed, providing positive emotional support to students during times of stress and extreme reactions.
- Work full-time, five days per week.
- Provide supervision of students during before and after school activities (arrival, dismissal, breakfast and lunch).
- Participate in professional development throughout the school year.
- Participate in STRIVE Prep’s Summer Training Institute as well as professional development throughout the school year.
Our Aspiring Educational Assistants:
- Consciously choose to teach and transform the lives of high school scholars every day.
- Proudly hold a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree or are able to submit proof of Qualified status within six weeks of starting through one of the following channels outlined by the Colorado Department of Education:
- Hold a bachelor level degree
- Have earned 48 or more college level credit hours
- Have or are able to pass the WorkKeys exams
- Read more about the available pathways to becoming a Qualified Educational Assistant.
- Understand, appreciate and can pull from experience teaching in an urban setting (strongly preferred).
- Speak Spanish or have experience working with bilingual students (strongly preferred).
- Commit to constant growth, reflection, and implementation as educators and professionals through regular coaching and professional development.
- Dedicate themselves to the educational success of all students, not some students.
- Bring enthusiasm, professionalism, and positivity to their classrooms and our adult community.
- Assume the best in others and are willing to have courageous conversations in order to do what is best for students.
- Work hard and approach challenges as opportunities for improvement.
- Set high expectations for themselves and others and a willingness to hold themselves and others to those expectations.
- Demonstrate a strong collaborative mindset and the ability to work on a team.
- Maintain emotional control under stress.
- Manage demanding workloads and balance multiple tasks and initiatives at once.
What we Offer our Educational Assistants:
- Ongoing coaching and professional development.
- A laptop and access to classrooms equipped with Smartboards and document cameras.
- Competitive compensation package and annual performance based raises.
- Participation in the Colorado PERA retirement program including a PERA 401k contribution option.
- Funding of 100% of individual medical benefits and a wide range of insurance plans.
This position begins July 2017 for the 2017-2018 school year.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
STRIVE Prep is an equal opportunity employer.
Visit our Careers Page at http://www.striveprep.org/join-our-team/teach-at-strive/ to learn more about what to expect in the hiring process and who we need.
