Description:

JOB POSTING – EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANT

Kayla’s Children Centre provides education, therapy, recreational and respite services for children with a wide variety of special needs within a Jewish cultural setting. The Kayla’s Children Centre High School satellite class, hosted by Ner Israel Yeshiva, is an all boys, accredited high school with the Ministry of Education. We are seeking a candidate to fill the position of Educational Assistant.

The function of this class is to provide a small group of teenage boys with academics along with core skills development within an integrated and supportive environment. This is accomplished through focusing on individualizing the learning for each student, providing them a supportive learning environment, in which they work towards completing the requirements to obtain an Ontario high school diploma/certificate.

The successful candidate will be a person with the best abilities to support the teacher and build a rapport with the students, to be best situated to provide them support.  We are looking for someone who is professional and career oriented with a focus on growth and open to the potential of fostering a long term association with this class and with Kayla’s Children Centre.

Educational Assistant Job Responsibilities:

• To provide whole group, small group, or 1:1 academic support and behaviour management in the classroom.
• To provide academic support to the students 1:1, to ensure the students are keeping on task, to assist the students in understanding the content they are learning and to help implement the students with the accommodations included in their IEP’s.
• To be a presence in the class and a role model to the students, to observe the students during frontal lessons from the teacher and to proactively provide support to students.
• To provide guidance and support to students on the use of technology in the classroom.
• To adhere to the rules of our host school and ensure the students do the same.
• To teach already prepared lessons or lead class discussions as needed by the class teacher.
• To assist the class teacher with preparing and/or printing class materials.

Educational Assistant Credentials

• Hours of work are Monday-Thursday, 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
  • Further opportunities to increase hours may be explored
• We offer a competitive compensation package that will also be commensurate with experience