# Special Education Aide at Chester Community Charter School

Special Education Aide at Chester Community Charter School in Chester, PA. Posted January 5, 2024.

- Company: Chester Community Charter School
- Location: Chester, PA
- Posted: 2024-01-05
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/chestercommunitycharterschool/jobs/4192138007
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/special-education-aide-chester-community-charter-school-8shvwn

## Requirements

- An associate degree or at least 48 postsecondary education credits; or the successful completion of a state or locally developed assessment in reading, writing, and mathematics
- Previous work with inner city youth a plus.
- Secure three background checks:
- Pennsylvania Criminal Record Check Clearance
- Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance
- FBI Criminal Background Clearance

## Description

Established in 1998 with 97 students, CCCS has steadily increased to more than 4,000 students in grades K-8 across 12 state-of-the-art buildings on four campuses. The school is a true community success story that has transformed the lives of thousands of students and their families, while breathing life back into a city that was once one of Philadelphia’s most vibrant manufacturing suburbs. 
**Job Summary:                      

**Paraprofessional (Special Education Aide) works under the supervision of the classroom teacher and serves as a support person in the classroom. This position provides appropriate services to the students, helping to implement suggested educational activities and in monitoring student behavior.

**Essential Functions:**

- Assist teachers with the logistics of instructions. Including passing out books, supplies, attendance, and making copies

- Assist teachers in monitoring student’s work behavior

- Monitors children during lunch and recess

- Assists with movement of children through hallways and onto and off buses

- Assists teachers with reinforcing instruction and small group learning. This includes working with individuals or small groups of students, administering tests, grading tests and homework

- Performs other related duties as assigned

**Minimum Requirements:**

- An associate degree or at least 48 postsecondary education credits; or the successful completion of a state or locally developed assessment in reading, writing, and mathematics

- Previous work with inner city youth a plus.

- Secure three background checks:

- Pennsylvania Criminal Record Check Clearance

- Pennsylvania Child Abuse Clearance

- FBI Criminal Background Clearance

** Demonstrated Knowledge of:
**

- MS Office Suite

- The fundamentals of working with various students, parents, other teachers and leadership

- Knowledge of policies and regulations necessary to answer work-related and general information questions

 

**Demonstrated Ability to:
**

- Take and follow directions as indicated by the classroom teacher

- Effectively manage time and effectively manage students in the classroom

- Work well with students of all ages

- Represent one’s self and CCCS in a positive and professional manner consistent with a personal commitment to fulfilling the District’s mission statement and core values while displaying service and involvement, creativity and innovation, dignity and respect, personal and professional integrity, and a duty to safeguard sensitive or confidential information from intentional or unintentional disclosure

- Interact and work cooperatively with students, parents, staff and the CCCS community in a timely and courteous manner

- Abide by all Federal and State laws, Board policies and CCCS regulations

 

**Note:**  CCCS has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time.  This job description is not an employment agreement or contract.