The Ulster BOCES Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning (CITL) Student-Based Programs is seeking Teacher Aides (1:1 supplementary aides) for full-time, 10-month positions for the 2026-2027 school year. Experience working with special needs children preferred. Fingerprinting required.

All Civil Service laws, rules and regulations apply.

Civil Service Classification: Non-Competitive. Merit and fitness examination does not apply.

Salary: $34,238.00

Ulster BOCES provides programs for students ages five through twenty-one who are identified as needing specialized programs and/or supports according to their Individualized Education Program (IEP). Special Education programs are offered at Ulster BOCES sites in Port Ewen, NY and in leased classrooms in component school districts. They have been developed and offered to meet the specific needs of our students in order to assist them in realizing their potential to achieve both academically and socially.

The following programs are available in Special Class configurations of 12:1:1, 8:1:1, 8:1:2, 6:1:2 and 4:1:2. All classes are staffed by a full-time Special Education teacher and either one or two teaching assistants (additional supplementary 1:1 aides may be requested for individual students as per Committee on Special Education recommendations). Multiple programs are available.

Ulster BOCES offers regionally competitive salary and benefits (see the Ulster BOCES Teaching Assistants' and Aides' Organization contract at https://www.ulsterboces.org/faq-links/employment-contracts for details).

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

• Works with individual students or small groups of students to reinforce learning initially introduced by teacher or teaching assistant.
• Assists the teacher in devising special strategies for reinforcing material or skills based on sympathetic understanding of individual students, their needs, interests and abilities.
• Operates and cares for equipment used in the classroom for instructional purposes.
• Distributes and collects workbooks, papers and other materials for instruction.
• Guides independent study, enrichment work and remedial work set up and assigned by the teacher.
• Assists with the supervision of students during recess, lunch, emergency drills, assemblies and field trips.
• Checks and records student attendance.
• Assists with lunch, snack and cleanup routines.
• Alerts the regular teacher to any problem or special information about an individual student.
• Assumes other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.

WORK SCHEDULE:
10 Month Schedule, September through June
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. - 2:40 p.m. 

The Ulster BOCES Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning Student-Based Programs is seeking an organized, detail-oriented person to work in a busy office setting as a School Program Secretary. This is a full-time, 12-month position. All Civil Service laws, rules and regulations apply. Fingerprinting required. 

Civil Service Classification: Competitive. Merit and fitness competitive examination applies.

Salary commensurate with experience and training. Salary range starting at $48,568.

GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position is responsible for managing information and providing administrative support for a school district program. Incumbents in this class have responsibility for the ongoing operation of a specific school program and serve as the administrative liaison for that program. The work involves responsibility for entering and retrieving information relative to the program using database and/or spreadsheet computer software applications, as well as a variety of higher-level clerical procedures. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Assistant Superintendent, Director, or administrative head of a program with leeway allowed for exercising independent judgement in carrying out the details of the work. Supervision is not typically a function of this title. Does related work as required.

WORK SCHEDULE:
Full-time, 12 Month
Monday through Friday

SPECIFIC DUTIES:
The typical work activities listed below, while providing representative examples of the variety of work assignments in the title do not describe any individual position.  Incumbents in this title may perform some or all of the following, as well as other related activities not described.

1. Serves as liaison to program constituency for the Assistant Superintendent, Director or administrative head of the program;
2. Participates in and may schedule planned meetings with administration and staff in regard to program operation, maintenance and initiatives;
3. Assembles data from a variety of sources to incorporate into program database and reports;
4. Utilizes computer equipment and software in the course of performing all duties and responsibilities;
5. Compiles, inputs and maintains statistical information in the program database for budget control and program reimbursement purposes;
6. Performs a variety of data entry and data base maintenance duties, as well as higher-level clerical duties necessary to the focus and structure of the department;
7. Prepares records or reports periodically or upon request of the Assistant Superintendent, Director or administrative head of program for program accountability;
8. Prepares agenda and recommends agenda items for regularly scheduled program staff meetings;
9. Attends and may take minutes of program staff meetings;
10. Prepares draft correspondence and other materials in support of program agenda;
11. Makes recommendations to improve program operation and maintenance;
12. Maintains and is responsible for database file security and confidentiality;
13. May prepare information or reports in support of grant applications or program disbursements;
14. May prepare or review purchase requisitions relevant to program budget;
15. May be required to provide inventory control and/or order materials and supplies in support of program operations.