Instructional Aide (8 hours/11 months), FMA
Instructional Aide (8 hours/11 months), FMA
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Position: Instructional Aide (8 hours/11 months)
Fletcher-Maynard Academy
The Fletcher-Maynard Community:
Cambridge is a vibrant diverse city and a central hub and driver of the nations innovation economy. Home of the renowned educational institutions of Harvard and MIT Cambridge is also the center of an impressive array of biotechnology science and information technology companies.
Educating about 7000 students PreK-12 the Cambridge Public Schools include award-winning faculty cutting-edge technology and innovative programs. While each of our public schools is unique they are joined in a shared vision of rigorous joyful and culturally responsive learning plus personalized support for every student. Over 30% of CPS students speak a language other than English at home and over 65 languages are spoken by our families. Among the most common are Spanish Haitian Creole Amharic Arabic Bengali and Chinese. Our schools proudly embrace this diversity.
The Opportunity:
We are seeking an instructional aide to support instruction in an elementary classroom. Included in the role are additional duties beyond classroom support such as recess or lunch coverage bus duty and other responsibilities as assigned. The Instructional Aide will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to support our students across educational settings.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with a multidisciplinary team to enhance the educational emotional and behavioral development of students
- Provide support in reading/literacy math written language and social-emotional behavior (with guidance)
- Collaborate with general education and special education staff
- Support formal and informal assessments as directed by teaching staff
- Accommodate and modify for student learning and support the general education teacher with the implementation of appropriate accommodations in the general education setting
- Toileting of students is a duty that an individual may be expected and required to perform as a paraprofessional employed by the Cambridge Public Schools
- Other related duties as assigned
Your Skill Set:
As the incoming Instructional Aide you will possess many though perhaps not all of the following characteristics and qualifications:
- Above average skills in collaboration
- Excellent skills in oral communication
- Demonstrated ability to problem solve
- Experience working with students in urban environments
- Must be energetic enthusiastic patient and flexible
- Assist in addressing the physical educational and social-emotional needs of the students
- Willingness to be trained in de-escalation and safe physical restraint techniques
- Must have the physical ability to work on the floor and move around the room to support students and teachers in curriculum implementation use of manipulatives and other instructional methods and materials
- Associates degree or 48 college credits from an accredited college or university
How to Join Our Team:
At the Cambridge Public Schools we are committed to cultivating an environment where diverse perspectives and backgrounds are embraced acknowledging that a team reflecting diversity of race color ancestry national origin religion age gender marital/domestic partner status sexual orientation gender identity disability status and veteran status allows us to serve our communities better. To that end we welcome and encourage applicants to bring their authentic selves when considering employment opportunities within our school district.
Employment Type
Full-Time
