Assistant Teacher - Immediate Start
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Summary
Why experienced Personal Care Assistants (PCAs) are joining Zen: - A full paid week before you start. Orientation is paid, and it all happens before you step into a classroom. - Credentials included. You’ll get CPI crisis intervention and First Aid certification, plus specialized special education training, at no cost to you. - Your students, all year. Stay long enough to watch them grow, and to know you were part of it. - Paid every week. $23 - $25 an hour depending on your education, by direct deposit. - Your evenings stay yours. Monday to Friday, 7:30 to 3:30/4:00pm. No nights, weekends or holidays. - Someone in your corner. Zen Educate is your employer, and we hire all educators as W-2 employees, not 1099 contractors. That means questions about pay, schedules or time off come to us, not the district office. Your account manager checks in after your first day and stays with you all year. When a day is hard, you’ll have someone at Zen who picks up the phone.
Huntingdon valle
,
Pennsylvania
Full Time
$23 - $25 per hour
Responsibilities
You’ll be the steady adult in the room for students with autism, emotional support needs and multiple disabilities. On a typical day, you’ll: - Work alongside the teacher and classroom staff - Help students work toward the goals in their IEPs - Keep the classroom calm, safe and ready for learning - Support students one-on-one and in small groups - Help a student through a crisis, using the training you’ll get before day one - Try different approaches until you find what works for each student - Support students with personal care, including feeding and toileting, with patience and dignity - Celebrate their wins, big and small
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