Job Summary: Certified Teaching Assistants (CTAs) provide instructional services to students under the general supervision of a Certified Teacher.
Minimum Qualifications: - NYSED Certification as a Teaching Assistant
- Completion of required state workshops, Child Abuse Detection & Reporting, School Violence Prevention, and DASA.
Primary Activities - Work with individual students or groups of students on special instructional projects.
- Provide the teacher with information about students which will assist the teacher in the development of appropriate learning and behavioral experiences.
- Assist students in the use of available instructional resources, and assist in the development of instructional materials.
- Utilize own special skills and abilities by assisting in instructional programs in such areas as: foreign languages, arts, crafts, music and similar subjects.
- Assist in related instructional work as required.
- Assist students with specific health related activities as appropriate.
- Maintains instructional materials and/or manual and electronic files/records (e.g. lessons, attendance, pencils, paper, teaching supplies, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring availability of items, providing written reports, or meeting mandated requirements.
- Performs general clerical tasks for the purpose of helping the teacher get instructional materials ready.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be all inclusive of every task or responsibility.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Ability to carry out instruction furnished in written or oral form.
- Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications.
- Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of information regarding students, employees and others.
- Ability to establish a supportive and compassionate relationship with students with special needs.
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff and others contacted in the course of work.
- Ability to report work orally and in writing to supervisor as required.
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