Teacher's Aide - ORR in Victorville, California at Greater Hope Foundation for Children Inc.

Under general supervision, the Teacher’s Aide provides instructional and classroom support to the Lead Teacher and other teaching staff in ORR-funded programs serving unaccompanied children (UC). This role assists with the delivery of daily lessons, classroom management, and individualized student support, contributing to a safe, structured, and engaging learning environment.

The Teacher’s Aide supports both academic and social-emotional development of youth, helping ensure that the educational program meets ORR, federal, and state standards.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the Lead Teacher in implementing lesson plans and instructional activities.
• Provide individual or small-group support to students, including English language learners and students with special needs.
• Reinforce classroom rules and encourage positive behavior among youth.
• Help prepare instructional materials, visual aids, and learning resources.
• Support student engagement and participation in classroom activities.
• Assist in maintaining a safe, organized, and structured classroom environment.
• Supervise students during class, transitions, recess, and other educational activities.
• Monitor student behavior and report concerns or incidents to the Lead Teacher.
• Encourage cooperation, teamwork, and respect among students.
• Help maintain student attendance records, participation logs, and other classroom documentation.
• Support data collection and assist with progress reports as needed.
• Communicate effectively with teaching staff regarding student needs, performance, and behavior.
• Work collaboratively with teachers, case managers, and clinical staff to support student learning and well-being.
• Participate in staff meetings, training, and professional development as required.
• Assist with classroom setup, cleanup, and preparation for activities or events.
• Participate in and provide support groups and classes to the community and clients of the agency. (based on position)
• Maintain a welcoming environment for families and other community partners.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA and PII privacy and security requirements.
• As with all of our positions, we work as a team and various duties may be assigned at any time including tasks to support other AGH programs/services, cleaning, organizing, child care, attending to the needs of the child in your care or in the office, attendance at meetings, transportation, paperwork, etc.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Reporting To: Lead Teacher

Hiring Rate of Pay: $24.04 per hour

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High school diploma or equivalent required; some college coursework preferred.
• Experience working with children in educational, childcare, or residential settings preferred.
• Ability to follow directions and work under supervision.
• Good communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Patience, flexibility, and a positive approach when working with youth from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
• Be able to obtain Criminal and Child Abuse Clearance from the State of California/Department of Justice.
• Must be available full-time and able to adjust work day/work week to provide services when clients and families need them, which can routinely include evenings and occasionally weekends, in order to ensure coordination and continuity of services.
• Demonstrate the Understanding of the importance of compliance with HIPAA privacy practices.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, strong conflict resolution, communication and organizational skills; with great attention to detail.
• Ability to adhere to our attendance and punctuality policy.
• Must pass and remain current in CPR/First Aid.
• Must be able to effectively utilize computers and basic computer software.
• Must meet Licensing (or contract if not FFA position) and insurance requirements.
• Must have a valid Driver’s License and a good driving record. Must be at least 18 years old with at least 2 years of driving experience.
• A Greater Hope includes all employees in the DMV pull notification process, notifying AGH of infractions throughout the process.
• All Employees are required to report all arrests within 48 hours of arrest as per Licensing requirements.
• Must pass a drug screen, physical exam, and Tuberculosis skin test.
• A Greater Hope participates in E-Verify and will verify your Social Security Number.
• Foster Family Agency experience preferred. (if applicable)
• Bi-lingual Spanish preferred

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, move quickly, run, use hands, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and taste or smell. There are physical demands associated with this position. The employee must also be able to remain in a seated position while working in the office. Employees may be required to and must often lift or carry items 10-50 lbs., usually holding it in the hands or arms or on the shoulder. There may be situations where the employee will have to care for the personal needs of infants and children such as managing personal accidents/bathroom support, feeding and, cleaning up infants and children. The employee may be working outside for periods of time in all seasons of weather.

Employees will be required to drive a motor vehicle.

This position requires regular and consistent attendance, excessive unplanned absences are disruptive to our Agency business.

All employees, regardless of position, serve as role models for children, adolescents and others who are served by our agency. Therefore, each employee must at all times be emotionally stable and able to function effectively with children, adolescents and adults who may have mental or behavioral health problems. The staff must be able to demonstrate appropriate daily behavior, appropriate expression of emotions, as well as appropriate role modeling. Hostility, aggression and unnecessary or inappropriate physical actions as well as inappropriate emotional expression are not acceptable.