Careers

We are currently looking for qualified Teacher Aides across our multiple campus locations.

Essential Functions:

The New York State Education Department (SED) defines a Teacher Aide as an individual who assists teachers with non-teaching duties, including:

• Managing records, materials, and equipment.
• Attending to the physical needs of students.
• Supervising students.

Work Schedule:

• Full-Time Hours: Typically 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM or 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM (½ hour unpaid lunch), Monday – Friday.
• Part-Time Hours: Typically 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM (may vary).
• Our school operates year-round (12 months).
• All employees must adhere to policies regarding personal time off and the school calendar.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Hourly Rate: $17 – $20 per hour.
• Paid Time Off: Accumulate one hour of PTO for every thirty hours worked, up to a maximum of 56 hours per school year (July 1 – June 30) in accordance with New York State Sick Leave Policy.
• Full-Time Benefits: Paid for 12 holidays identified in the Personnel Policy Manual and school breaks (**some conditions apply**).

Physical Demands:

• This role is physically demanding and requires the employee to be non-sedentary.
• Must be able to stand, run, walk, sit, bend, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel, and crouch.
• Must be able to lift an average preschool-age child (35 pounds) and a school-age child (50 pounds).

Additional Requirements:

• Background clearances, education verification, annual physical, and PPD are required.

Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the organization’s ongoing needs.

UPK Teacher is responsible to develop and provide instruction to meet the needs of each child in the class while implementing curriculum that is compatible with the New York State Next Generation Learning Standards and the New York State Early Learning Guidelines. In addition, the teacher is responsible for ongoing evaluation and assessment of each student’s progress during the school year.

Responsibilities:

• Develop daily lesson plans in an approved format as required by the Education Program Director.
• Provide a multi-tier system of supports for positive behavior such as the Pyramid Model to structure the classroom environment and use tools and strategies that support the social emotional development of young children and address challenging behaviors.
• Develop and implement classroom-wide management strategies and systems as well as individual behavior strategies as needed.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the CPSE and CSE systems to help students and families adjust to the educational expectations as students transition from one system to the next, if applicable.

Core Competencies:

• Excellent communication, listening, technology, organization and time-management skills
• Excellent relationship management/conflict resolution skills
• Excellent Critical Evaluation, Judgement / Sensitivity to Confidential Information
• Master’s Degree
• NYS Students with Disabilities (Birth -Grade 2) Initial or Permanent Professional Certification, or a NYS Special Education Permanent Certification a plus
• Bilingual (Spanish) extension a plus
• Must obtain and maintain all mandated security clearances

Work Environment: This job operates in a school environment. Activities usually take place in the classroom, in the gym, outside on the playground or in special activity rooms. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers, I-pads, and smartboards.

Physical Demands:  This role may be physically demanding. The employee is required to be non-sedentary. Must be able to stand; run, walk; sit; bend, climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch; The employee must be able to lift an average pre-school age child (35 pounds) and school age child (50 pounds).

Hours: This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday, typically, 35 hours per week.  Work Schedules are either 7:30am-3:00pm or 8:00am-3:30pm with ½ hour provided for lunch (unpaid time).  The UPK program operates 10 months out of the year.

Salary: $45,000+/annually

A Special Education Teacher is responsible to develop and provide specialized instruction to meet the needs of each child in the class according to his/her/their IEP in all areas of development while implementing curriculum that is compatible with the New York State Next Generation Learning Standards and the New York State Early Learning Guidelines.  In addition, the teacher is responsible for ongoing evaluation and assessment of the student’s progress toward instructional objectives and coordination of the delivery of special education services as per the IEP.

Responsibilities:

• Develops daily lesson plans in an approved format as required by the Principal.
• Reviews each student’s IEP prior to the first day of school and periodically to make sure that it is implemented correctly.   
• Provides research-based instruction to address the instructional goals and objectives contained within each student’s IEP.
• Provides a multi-tier system of supports for positive behavior such as the Pyramid Model to structure the classroom environment and use tools and strategies that support the social emotional development of young children and address challenging behaviors.
• Develops and implements classroom wide management strategies and systems as well as individual behavior strategies as needed.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the CPSE and CSE systems to help students and families adjust to the educational expectations as students transition from one system to the next.

Requirements:

• Excellent communication, listening, technology, organization and time-management skills
• Excellent relationship management/conflict resolution skills
• Excellent Critical Evaluation, Judgement / Sensitivity to Confidential Information
• Master’s Degree
• NYS Students with Disabilities (Birth -Grade 2) Initial or Permanent Professional Certification, or a NYS Special Education Permanent Certification
• ABA experience preferred but will train
• Bilingual (Spanish) extension a plus
• Must obtain and maintain all mandated security clearances

Work Environment: This job operates in a school environment. Activities usually take place in the classroom, in the gym, outside on the playground or in special activity rooms.  This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers, I-pads, and smartboards.

Physical Demands:  This role may be physically demanding. The employee is required to be non-sedentary. Must be able to stand; run, walk; sit; bend, climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch; The employee must be able to lift an average pre-school age child (35 pounds) and school age child (50 pounds).

Hours:  This is a full-time position, Monday through Friday, typically, 35 hours per week.  Work Schedules are either 7:30am-3:00pm or 8:00am-3:30pm with ½ hour provided for lunch (unpaid time). The school operates 12 months out of the year.

Salary: $55,000+/annually

We are currently accepting applications for a Maintenance Worker at our Levittown and East Northport campuses. This is a Benefits Eligible position.

Qualifications: 

This position requires a minimum of a high school diploma or GED.

Essential Functions:

• General maintenance work includes painting, repair, assembly and movement of furniture, minor plumbing repairs.
• Perform routine cleaning and sanitation tasks as requested including, but are not limited to, sweeping, scrubbing, moping, washing walls, windows, and floors, dusting, emptying of wastebaskets, disposition of rubbish and other cleaning duties as requested.
• Replace light bulbs, towels, soap, and other supplies.
• Snow removal. Variety contracts with an outside service for snow removal; however you may be required to clear pathways and/or dispense salt/sand on sidewalks and in the parking lots
• May cut grass, trim shrubbery, rake leaves, etc.
• Perform such other tasks as may seem to be appropriate and requested by the Building & Maintenance Supervisor, and/or CEO/CFO.

Work Schedule:

Our schools operate 12 months/year, Monday-Friday.

Available Shifts:

• Levittown: M-F 9:30 am-5:30 pm
• East Northport: M-F 2:00 pm-10:30 pm

Compensation & Benefits:

Full-time pay: $19.00 - $22.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance