Part Time Classroom Assistant

At Children’s Health Council, we believe in the promise and potential of every child, teen, and young adult. Our mission is to transform young lives by providing culturally responsive best-in-class learning and mental health services to families from diverse backgrounds regardless of language, location, or ability to pay. We specialize in ADHD, Learning Differences, Anxiety & Depression, and Autism. Our strategic priorities include: being people first and empowering our workforce, creating systems built on equity, access, and inclusion, elevating technology, and strengthening our community partnerships.

Could this be you?

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  Do you like to work in an environment where we live our mission?
• Do you value celebrating our differences and learning from them?
• Are you passionate about the work you do?
• Do you like the flexibility of being able to work onsite and remotely?
• Do you value collaboration?
• Are you looking to be empowered as a professional to help us grow as an organizational community?
• Are you a skilled cross-cultural communicator, helping cultivate a place of acceptance?
• Do you value cross-cultural competence and communication with individuals, teams, and systems within our organization?

If you can answer “yes” to these questions, this job could be for you!

About the role:

Under the supervision of the Academic Program Manager, the Part-Time Classroom Assistant assists the classroom teacher and behavior specialist in delivering instruction to individuals or small groups of students with learning and behavioral challenges, supports students’ behavioral needs, supervises recess, and supports other periods of the day as necessary. The Part-Time Classroom Assistant will be responsible for covering lunches for classroom employees on the Palo Alto campus.

As a Part-Time Classroom Assistant, you will:

• Assist the classroom teacher in presenting and preparing lessons as required.
• Assist with covering lunch for classroom staff
• Assist the Behavior Specialist with monitoring the schoolwide Positive Behavior Training (PBT) management system at the classroom level.
• In the event of the absence of a team member, fulfill the responsibilities of that team member as necessary for effective program delivery.
• Instruct individuals and small groups of students in academic or behavioral areas as directed by the classroom teacher and behavior specialist.
• In conjunction with the teacher or behavior specialist, prepare materials, activities, and reports.
• Plan and deliver weekly whole-group elective lessons.
• Attend and participate in weekly staff, team, and CA meetings.
• Attend special education instructional and mental health training seminars or other training sessions as directed by the Academic Program Manager.
• Provide supervision for students during student lunch times, class transitions and recess times.
• Complete daily student attendance reporting.
• Support with daily administration of student medications.
• Document and distribute team notes, conference notes, and parent notes during meetings and as needed.
• Perform other related duties as required and assigned.

What we’re looking for:

• Knowledge of and/or classroom teaching experience with children with emotional, behavioral, and learning disabilities.
• Ability to work on an interdisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of basic computer skills in order to communicate via email and to prepare documents on a word processor.
• Ability to work certain evenings for scheduled events (Back to School Night; Art Show; Achievement Night; Staff training, IEP meetings, etc.)
• Valid CA driving license preferred.

About your background:

• A. in fields related to childcare, education, and mental health is preferred.
• Experience working with students with learning/behavioral challenges is preferred.
• At least two years of experience in fields related to childcare, education, or mental health is preferred.

Working Conditions:

• Ability to undergo training and implementation of Pro-ACT crisis management system.
• Ability to stand and sit for extended periods of time for instruction and supervision.

Compensation:

• Hourly Range: $24.00 to $29.00
• Type: Hourly

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  The starting annual pay for this position is as shown above. The actual annual pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs, and market demand. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.