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Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Teacher Assistant - School for Integrated Learning in West Chester, Pennsylvania
Description
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with children within educational environment that is focused on the most current treatment interventions in the area of Autism? Do you want to join a multi-disciplinary team with a strengths-based approach, emphasizing applied behavior analysis and positive behavior supports?
Being a Teacher Assistant at Devereux has its advantages!
As a Teacher Assistant you will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need at our School for Integrated Learning located in West Chester, PA.
Every day as a Teacher Assistant you will....
Ensure student safety
Assist in establishing classroom environments that is conducive to maximum learning by maintaining structure and guiding students to socially appropriate behaviors
Work with the Special Education Teachers to implement skill acquisition and behavioral reduction programs individually and in small groups
Perform ongoing data collection and record keeping as directed by Special Education Teacher
You will be offered:
Shift: 8am-4pm, Monday - Friday [52 week position]
Compensation: $41,600 - $47, 424 annually (based upon experience)
$1,000 Sign - On Bonus
Training, growth and development opportunities
Benefit eligibility after 30 days of employment (1st day of the 1st pay period after 30 days).
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ASCEND - Career Accelerator Program
The School for Integrated Learning focuses on building upon the unique strengths of each student. Our school strives to offer a breadth of opportunities for students to express themselves and find personal levels of accomplishment through activities such as: Special Olympics, talent shows and school dances, student government, peer mentoring, service learning, community gardening, and employment education, both in the classroom and in the community. The goal of the School for Integrated Learning is to create individualized educational opportunities that enable each student to live as a positive, healthy and socially-connected individual in his or her community. The School for Integrated Learningis licensed to serve students in grades K-12 who have been identified with the following primary disabilities: behavioral and cognitive differences, autism, intellectual disabilities and speech and language impairments. The core curriculum has been aligned with the Pennsylvania Core Standards, as well as the curricula of our partner school districts. This innovative special education programs that work in tandem with families and school districts to ensure that students can return to their local schools and communities with the tools they will need to succeed. The goal of the curriculum is to provide students with learning experiences that foster increased engagement and success through differentiated instruction, evidence-based instructional strategies, and rigorous learning expectations. Each student has an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP), which outlines goals for skill development and the best strategies by which the student can reach his/her goals. A multi-disciplinary team, including the individual’s parent(s) or guardian, regularly reviews the plan to discuss challenges, progress and adjustments to goals as appropriate. A primary focus throughout the program is the philosophy of Program-Wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PW-PBIS), a program-wide system of care that promotes and rewards positive behaviors, and prevents negative behaviors, to create safe, supportive living environments.
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Qualifications
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree required; Bachelor’s degree in Special Education preferred.
EXPERIENCE: Experience working with individuals with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and/or behavior disordersPreferred.
Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.
Posted Date 3 days ago (4/10/2025 11:08 AM)
Requisition ID 2025-43688
Category Education
Position Type Full-Time
Remote No
The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.