IMMEDIATE OPENINGS – FULL TIME POSITIONS
Position: 1:1 AIDE
Location: WestCOP Therapeutic, Granite Springs, NY
Full Time; Salary: $17 per hour; Benefits
To Apply: Email resume and cover letter to Natalie Lattarulo (nlattarulo@westcop.org)
Minimum Requirements: HS Diploma, Early Childhood experience
Job Description:
Through participation in supervised classroom experiece, individual feedback, staff meetings, workshops, and training, learn the skills necessary to perform responsibilities in the classroom and center
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Position: SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER
Location: WestCOP Therapeutic, Granite Springs, NY
Full Time; Salary: $50,000-$55,000; Benefits
To Apply: Email resume and cover letter to Natalie Lattarulo (nlattarulo@westcop.org)
Minimum Requirements: Master’s Degree in Special Education, NYS Certification in Special Education
Job Description:
To be responsible for the creation and provision of the appropriate environment and experience to foster the physical, social , emotional, and intellectual growth of preschool children with special needs.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure compliance with OCFS/NYS Standards for Children with Disabilities.
- Display knowledge about the nature of development during the first six years of life.
- Demonstrate the ability to plan and implement developmentally appropriate activities for preschool children with disabilities.
- Be able to observe and evaluate preschool children with disabilities.
- Coordinate a team effort that encourages initiative, promotes cooperative planning, motivates leadership abilities and provides concrete suggestions for improvement.
- Demonstrate interpersonal skills for working with professionals from other disciplines, with families and with agencies.
- Knowledge of early childhood curriculum, NYS learning standards and early literacy competencies.
- Develop a curriculum that follows regular developmental sequence, with adaptation to accommodate varied ability and functioning levels.
- Coordinate instructional support staff.
- Provide methods of behavior support and management that are individualized to meet the functional behavioral needs of each child.
- Provide a variety of opportunities for preschool children with disabilities to interact with typically developing peers.
- Monitor program activities and services frequently and make changes in programming as needed in accordance with children’s IEPs.
- Work with related service staff to provide the appropriate service model to meet each child’s IEP goals and objectives.
- Consider each child’s cultural background, preferred language, interests, current level of performance and IEP goals and objectives when implementing services.
- Prepare progress reports for parent conferences and annual reviews.
- Provide opportunities to maximize communication between teacher and child, teacher and parent, and child and peers.
- Arrange periodic conferences and visit with parents for the purpose of sharing information and reporting on a child’s growth.
- Attend staff meetings, committee meetings, training sessions, and parent meetings when applicable.
- Attend job-related outside courses, workshops, lectures, and conferences for professional development.
- Maintain confidentiality of students, parents, program, and all materials handled in the performance of duties and responsibilities.
Position: TEACHER ASSISTANT
Location: WestCOP Therapeutic, Granite Springs, NY
Full Time; Salary: $17-$18 per hour; Benefits
To Apply: Email resume and cover letter to Natalie Lattarulo (nlattarulo@westcop.org)
Minimum Requirements: HS Diploma, TA Certification, CDA within 18 months of hire, Early Childhood experience, lift 50 pounds
Job Description:
Under the direction of the classroom teacher, be able to assist in the creation and provision of appropriate environment and experiences to foster the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual growth of infants, toddlers, and preschool children