You can be part of a special team dedicated to helping children and strengthening the community. Hammitt School is a premier special education facility serving 40 school districts throughout Illinois.

Your benefits would include year-round salary, small class size (always under 10 students), mentoring program, direct supervisory support and training, medical insurance, dental insurance, vision, 403B retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, school day hours and schedule, positive team environments, and meaningful work. You can come to work in a highly-skilled, special education-focused school with a team environment.

BASIC FUNCTION: The Program Assistant assists the Teacher Therapist and other classroom/support staff in providing a comprehensive education and behavioral program for students with severe emotional/behavioral disabilities and/or autism. Also assists with behavioral intervention, supervising classroom activities collecting data, organizing materials, and implementing strategies consistent with the social learning model of the program.

WORK HOURS: Full-time, 8:00 A.M.-3:30 P.M., Monday through Friday, following the school calendar.

PAY: Paid year-round, even over school breaks! $14 - $17/50/hour based on experience/education, 37.5 hours/week

LOCATION: Normal, IL

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Implement Instructional Program: Assists in implementing activities related to the behavioral/education program. The implementation of the activities will be under the direction of the certified staff. Assists certified staff with behavioral and crisis intervention with students.
• Progress Reporting: Assists in collecting and preparing behavioral data on each child to be used in establishing and evaluating individual educational programs.
• Organize, Inventory, and Prepare Instructional Equipment: Responsible, under the direction of the certified staff, for preparing and organizing materials needed for the daily lesson plan implementation, including reading the lesson plans ahead of time, determining which materials were to be used, setting up, and organizing materials at the beginning and end of the day.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School diploma or equivalent + 60 credit hours and Paraprofessional approval (or ability to obtain upon hire) required. Substitute Teacher licensure in the State of Illinois preferred.
• One year of experience working with children with autism and/or developmental disabilities preferred.
• Ability and willingness to travel for job responsibilities preferred, including a valid Illinois driver’s license, which has not been revoked or suspended within the past three years.
• Must pass necessary background checks.

Education

• High School or better

Licenses & Certifications

• PEL-Paraprofessional Ed
• PEL-Substitute Teacher