| Location | Milwaukee, WI |
Duties of the Position:
Build Positive, Respectful Relationships with Students
Build trusting relationships with students by demonstrating patience, compassion, warmth, respect, and encouragement while helping each child feel safe, valued, and successful.
Support Students'' Social-Emotional and Behavioral Needs
Use positive, developmentally appropriate strategies to support regulation, reinforce expectations, manage challenging behaviors and conflicts, and maintain a safe and supportive environment.
Support Independence and Self-Help Skills
Teach, assist, and encourage students in developing age-appropriate independence with personal care, daily routines, and self-help skills while allowing them to do as much as they can on their own.
Follow the Teacher''s Direction and Student Plans
Consistently follow classroom routines, schedules, teacher direction, IEPs, accommodations, and individualized student supports while maintaining confidentiality and professionalism.
Communicate and Collaborate as a Team
Maintain open, respectful, and timely communication with teachers and staff while sharing relevant observations and working together to provide consistent support for students.
Be Flexible, Patient, and Developmentally Responsive
Recognize that young children develop at different rates and demonstrate flexibility, patience, and understanding when students need repetition, extra time, redirection, movement, or individualized support.
Be an Active, Engaged Support for Learning and Safety
Actively supervise and engage students throughout the school day while supporting classroom learning, inclusion, transitions, play, routines, and safety in both individual and group settings.
Additional Comments: Position requires you to be on your feet frequently along with bending, sitting on the floor and moving with young children. Lifting up to 30 pounds
Work Schedule of the Position: Monday-Thursday, School Year Only, 11:15-3:00 (summer work could be available through summer school opportunities and also Van Driving Routes)
It is the policy of the Sparta Area School District to not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex (including transgender status, change of sex, male, female, sexual orientation, or gender identity), pregnancy, creed or religion, genetic information, handicap or disability, marital status, citizenship status, veteran status, military service (as defined in 111.32, Wis. Stats.), ancestry, arrest record, conviction record, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability ("Protected Classes").
The Sparta Area School District complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Wendy Markgren, at 608-366-3401, wmarkgren@spartan.org .