Job Description

$5,000 Sign-On Bonus! Reimbursement provided for Ed Tech Certification! New Rates! Now starting at $20.50 per hour! Do you have experience teaching Woodshop skills to youth? Do you enjoy making a different in the lives of Maine children? If this sounds like you - Sweetser is looking for an Ed Tech III to support children who experience mental, behavioral and emotional health challenges, by teaching Woodshop skills. Sweetser offers extensive paid training, continuing education credits, paid holidays, school breaks and summers! ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: •Support the educational plan, including goals and activities, involving students in community and social programming based on individual need, scheduling and assigning instructional activities and following up on results.

• Reinforce students' personal and social development by reinforcing rules and procedures for administrative matters, students' verbal participation and students' movement across all settings.
• Ensure students' correct behavior by effectively using the behavioral systems that have been put into place by the classroom teacher, appropriate specialist, and treatment team.
• Conveys information to students by using language concepts, examples, demonstrations and teaching aids.
• Maintain a safe environment for all students, having knowledge of Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI), and using the procedures effectively.
• Set and maintain professional boundaries with language, attire and interactions.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: •Three (3) years post-secondary education or a combination to ninety (90) hours of approved study in an education field.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:

• Valid state driver's license.
• BHP training and certification (or willingness to be trained).

EXPERIENCE & JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Minimum of two (2) years working in the educational technician or related field preferred.
• Documented participation with in-service training in the field of assignment.
• Must be able to speak, read and write English fluently.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Personal characteristics and temperament suitable for working with persons with special needs.
• Ability to work with difficult-to-manage youth.
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with other professionals on behalf of youth and their families.
• Capacity to develop a professional orientation to child care. Sweetser

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Holiday work, Summer work, Relocation bonus,

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