Teaching Assistant - Natick Elementary

Overview

ACCEPT Education Collaborative is a regional non‑profit educational organization located in Medway and Natick, Massachusetts. It provides a wide range of programs and services for students with moderate to severe needs, including special education, specialized transportation, home‑based services, behavioral and educational consultation, and professional development. ACCEPT offers programs from pre‑K to 12th grade and up to age 22, addressing autism spectrum disorders, emotional/behavioral needs, global impairments, cognitive/intellectual disabilities, language disorders, ADHD/ADD, and non‑verbal learning disability.

Job
Final date to receive applications:
Posted until filled
Posted:
Jan 22, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date:
Immediately

$23 to $33 per hour (pay starts at $22.09 per hour). Competitive compensation and benefits packages are offered.

Full‑time

• 1–3 years of experience working with children and/or young adults
• Associate Degree or equivalent experience
• Safety Care certified or willing and able to obtain certification
• Team player and dependable
• Ability to follow direction well but work well without supervision when necessary
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to remain calm and work well under pressure
• Ability to multitask
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Experience, ability and desire to work with students with special needs
• Compassion and patience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Education or a related field
• Experience working in special education

• Work under the direction of a Special Education teacher and Behavior Specialist
• Assist with classroom instruction and provide support and guidance to students
• Maintain a safe, clean and supportive classroom environment
• Work closely with the lead teacher to design and implement a classroom system to track student progress, and take necessary steps to ensure academic progress
• Provide assistance to students during non‑classroom time and organize recreational activities
• Attend required meetings and training sessions

• Arrive and be prepared before students arrive and stay until all students are picked up, as directed by the classroom teacher
• Check in with the teacher and behavior specialist each day
• Help ensure student clipboards/data sheets are ready for the day
• Help keep classroom space clean, organized, and professional
• Keep a walkie‑talkie tuned to channel 7 at all times
• Collect daily behavioral and academic data
• Implement individual student behavior support plans
• Implement all student‑specific reinforcement schedules
• Support teacher during whole group lessons
• Run small group lessons as needed
• Implement individual student academic programming if applicable
• Follow schedule created by the classroom teacher
• Help create a professional, positive, and supportive classroom environment
• Communicate any issues to the teacher and behavior specialist during the day and after school
• Help complete incident reports and restraint reports as required
• Read and reply to email within 24 hours
• Follow up with phone messages within 24 hours
• Ensure classroom is cleaned and ready for the next day

• Other duties as assigned
• Occasional travel and transfer between ACCEPT programs to fulfill TA responsibilities at any of ACCEPT’s locations or programs

• Ability and great desire to work with children with special needs
• Ability to take direction well
• Great attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Positive and proactive attitude
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and ethical conduct
• Commitment to company values and mission
• Strong team player

Employees are regularly required to move about the school building, remain in stationary positions for extended periods, reach, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and perform physical restraint of a student during behavioral escalations. Employees must lift at least 20 lbs (e.g., books, school supplies). They frequently use hands to handle tools and operate computers or other office machinery. The work environment is a normal school setting with an acceptable level of noise.

This is not a remote position.

ACCEPT is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, disability, religion, or sexual orientation. ACCEPT Education Collaborative is an EEO employer – M/F/Vets/Disabled.

Instructional Support >
Paraprofessional / IA

• Laura Borges, Assistant Director
• 4 Tech Circle
• Natick, Massachusetts 01760
• Phone: 508‑653‑6776
• Email: lborges