Instructional Assistant

Instructional Assistant

Springer School and Center is a caring community supporting students diagnosed with learning disabilities and their families. Springer encompasses two schools serving students in Grades 1-8 and 9-10 as well as a center for providing education about learning disabilities to members of the broader community. Springer faculty and staff embrace the organization's mission and incorporate the core values of student growth/development, staff expertise/development, partnership, communication, and stability in their daily work.

Instructional Assistants are paired with a classroom teacher in the Lower School and in the Middle School. Instructional Assistants support student academic, social, and behavioral plans as determined by the classroom teacher, department, team, and/or organization in ways that are consistent with Springer's mission, values, and best practices.

Job Goals:

• Develop meaningful relationships with students.
• Run small-group and whole-group instructional sessions as directed by the classroom teacher.
• Support student needs as directed by the classroom teacher.
• Complete administrative tasks as directed by the classroom teacher such as grading papers, preparing classroom materials and entering data in the student database.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Experience working with children.
• Passion for working with small groups with students.
• Embraces multi-cultural thinking and appreciates diverse perspectives.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or Master's degree in Special Education.
• Active Intervention Specialist teaching license.
• Experience teaching students diagnosed with learning disabilities.
• Experience incorporating educational technology in a classroom setting.
• Coaching experience.

Key Characteristics: Smart, dependable, personable and tech-savvy.

Terms of Employment: Full-time, 10 months per year (school year).