Paraprofessional

## Description

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| | The Lincoln Center for Family and Youth 1100 Adams Avenue | Audubon, PA 19403 (610) 277-3715 | <[email hidden]> **Instructional Assistant** |

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| **Title:** | Instructional Assistant |

| **FLSA:** | Non-Exempt |

| **Reports To:** **Organization Summary:** | Site Director Founded in 1970 by a behavioral health hospital and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in 1983, TLC is an entrepreneurial social enterprise committed to transforming lives and communities—one moment, one choice, one connection at a time. Headquartered in Pennsylvania, TLC operates across multiple states, providing K-12 alternative education, comprehensive mental and behavioral health services, coaching, counseling, and trauma-informed training. Additionally, TLC collaborates with school districts, universities, hospitals, police departments, and nonprofit organizations, offering consultation services to secure federal and state grant funding |

| **Summary:** | The Instructional Assistant, under the direction of the Site Director, provides support related to school operations. |

| **Essential Functions & Responsibilities**: | - Assist with student morning arrival and dismissal safety routines - Assist with student breakfast and lunch routines - Support teachers in class by offering additional support to individual students, or serving as an instructional aide under the direction of the subject matter instructor - Help with maintenance of daily student attendance in Student Information Data System - Communicate (phone, email, in person, video conference, home visits, etc.) with parents as needed - Participate in family meetings as needed - Communicate with community support personnel as needed (probation officers, mentors, etc.). - Act as a mentor for students to encourage good academic and behavioral decision making during the school day - Provide staffing support at TLC special events, field trips or activities - Valid Driver’s License Preferred to operate school vans |

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| **Work Environment:** | This job operates in a school environment. |

| **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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate effectively. The employee frequently is required to sit, stand, walk, operate a computer, hand-held learning devices and other office equipment, use hands to finger, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. |

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