Certified Teaching Assistant, Leave Replacement (Mohansic)

Position Type: K-12/Certified Teaching Assistant Date Posted: 9/11/2025 Location: Mohansic School Date Available: Immediate Vacancy Closing Date: Until Filled Additional Information: Show/Hide CERTIFIED TEACHING ASSISTANT Minimum Starting Range = $19.50 - $33.28 Job Title: Certified Teaching Assistant Job Category: CTA/TA Contract Department/Group: Job Description 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 Level I Teaching Assistant (Must obtain Level III within 4 years of appointment.

Recommendations for extension of Level I will only be made if all requirements for Level II have been met except the required work experience). * Completion of required state workshops, IE.

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.

Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee: * is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit.

* Is regularly required to climb, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and to reach above the head and reach forward.

* Is regularly required to use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls and to talk and hear.

* Occasionally required to lift and/or push up to 50 pounds.

* Must have specific vision abilities for close vision, distance vision, depth perception and tell the difference between colors Work Environment * The noise level in the work environment is typical for a school environment.

* Work generally performed indoors with limited outside supervision of students.