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Hours: 7:30AM - 2:45PM

Generous Benefits Package including but not limited to the following: Employment - Erie 1 BOCES (https://www.e1b.org/en/about-us/employment.aspx#Great-Benefits)

+ Paid annual holidays

+ Generous Paid Personal/Sick time

+ Premium Health and Dental plans (E1B pays 85%)

+ Medical Insurance waiver allowance

+ Life insurance at NO cost to you

+ FSA plan

+ Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

+ NYS Retirement System

+ 403b AND 457 retirement plans

Job Description: Erie 1 BOCES seeks Building Support Aide for opening at our Winchester Academy. Kind and caring individuals are encouraged to apply. This position requires working with students with disabilities and collaboration with building staff. Applicants should have a positive outlook, a strong work ethic and be compassionate.

1. Assists with classroom activities as directed by teacher

2. Works with individual children as directed by teacher

3. Assists children with arrival and departure involving coats, boots, and lunches

4. Helps keep supplies and materials in order

5. Helps prepare materials for their use

6. Cleans up and puts away materials after use

7. Changes children's clothing and cleanses children, if necessary

8. Assists teacher in implementing the classroom and/or individual student's behavior management program

9. Accompanies a child when removal from a classroom is necessary or when the child must go to another part of the building

10. Assists in restraining students who may exhibit behaviors that are injurious to self or others

11. Assists and supervises games and free play, both indoors and outdoors

12. Assists teacher in the implementation of activities that include but are not limited to: feeding, toileting, and other activities of daily living(e.g. grooming, hygiene, leisure/recreation, etc.)

13. Lifts and transports students in conjunction with daily living activities

+ Teacher Aides working with non-ambulatory students are expected to lift 40- pound loads independently and may be required to lift/move students weighing more than 40 pounds with assistance from another adult and/or with the use of appropriate lifting devices

+ SPECIAL NOTE: Ability to lift/move students either independently or with assistance is a condition of employment for teacher aides who work with non-ambulatory students. Initial and periodic physical examinations will test this ability. Teacher aides should not attempt to lift more than one-third of their body weight without assistance from another adult or appropriate lifting devices

14. Be an active part of the classroom education team as demonstrated by following teacher directions, being cooperative, showing support for other team members and focusing on student needs and outcomes

15. Discuss parental requests for information with the teacher before responding

16. Maintains confidentiality of student information

The Building Support Aide is an important member of the educational team in the academic strand program. Typically, the Building Support Aide is found in buildings that have a cluster of two or three 6:1+A or 8:1+A academic classrooms. The primary responsibility of the Building Support Aide is to monitor students in the ALC room. This involves remaining with the student at ALL times, maintaining a log/anecdotal record of student behavior, and utilizing a checklist of prescribed steps that a student must follow to terminate their time in the ALC room. 2. Students are placed in the ALC room in one of two ways. The first way is teacher directed wherein the teacher initiates the student's removal from the classroom. The ALC aide assists the teacher in escorting a student from the classroom to the ALC room. It is also assumed that the classroom aide will assist in transporting a student to the ALC room, if necessary.

NOTE: In a crisis situation, the Building Support Aide and the classroom aide receive directions from the classroom teacher. The second method of placement is student directed, wherein a student requests to leave the classroom (for a calming down period). 3. When there are no students in the ALC room, the ALC aide spends quality time with the students within the classroom environment and should perform other general classroom aide duties. This time is very positive and may consist of private time with the students such as remediation and tutoring.

Job Qualifications

Minimum Civil Service Qualifications:

A) Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma; or;

B) Four (4) years of experience and knowledge in a particular field where specialized duties are involved, not necessarily in an aide role; or;

C) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and (B).

Additional Qualifications:

+ Must have positive outlook, strong work ethic and work well on teams

+ Kind and caring individuals are encouraged to apply

+ Experience working with students with disabilities preferred but not required

Position Start Date:02/02/2026

Civil Service Title: Teacher Aide

Job Number: 0126-0006