Special Education Assistant

Special Education Assistant (SEA) Position - Student Services / Junior School
**Initial Appointment**: Mid November 2024 - June 2025 with potential to extend
Full Time (1.0 FTE)
**Start Date**: November 18, 2024
**Brockton School**: Inspiring the Growth of Outstanding Humans.
Imagine working at a school where every student matters, every family matters, community matters, and learning for life matters. Imagine a school where priority is given to the holistic development of students, alongside a robust academic and extended day program; a school where faculty and staff engage a sense of purpose within a supportive environment. Imagine a place where there is genuine support and engagement from an authentic and diverse community - a community that has the courage to embrace the innovation and creativity needed for the future. Imagine Brockton School
Brockton School is a nondenominational coeducational Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12, independent school, located in North Vancouver, British Columbia. As an IB World Continuum School, Brockton offers the Primary Years, Middle Years, Diploma, and Career-Related programs (one of a handful of schools around the globe with such innovative programming).
Brockton School is not only a place of employment, it is a place of purpose.
Faculty and Staff receive healthy and competitive compensation packages and have the joy of working with low staff: student ratios in a supportive, innovative, and collaborative environment. Brockton prioritizes ongoing professional development and supports staff on their own personal/professional journey. Brockton’s mission is to inspire the growth of outstanding humans - and that includes inspiring the continual growth of our faculty and staff.
If you are looking to be a part of something special, to be in a place where your voice will be heard and your impact valued, to be in a role that will allow you to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others with multiple opportunities for advancement, please see the opportunity below.
Please note that only applicants who already have legal standing to work in Canada will be considered. All employees must consent to a Criminal Record Check as a condition of initial and ongoing employment.
Special Education Assistant (SEA) - Junior School - Full Time
**Initial Appointment**: November 18, 2024 - June 30, 2025, with potential to extend
The Junior School Special Education Assistant will work collaboratively with the classroom teachers, outside support services, and the rest of the Student Services team to support students with additional physical, learning, social, or emotional needs.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, supporting students in the classroom setting, supporting the physical, social and emotional needs of students, such as mobility, communication support, providing input to the students Individual Education Plan (IEP), and performing other related tasks as required.

**Requirements**:
Special Education Assistant Certificate or Diploma
3+ years experience in working with students with diverse needs
Interest in being a part of a dynamic and visionary school community
**Ideal characteristics**:
Familiarity with assistive technology, particularity communication supports
Experience working with children in the Early Years (Junior Kindergarten-Gr. 5)
Current Emergency Child Care First Aid and CPR Certification
**Expectations include but are not limited to**:
Place student safety and well-being as the priority in all instances
Inspire students to want to learn; promote growth mindsets and lifelong learning
Cultivate a learning environment that is student-centred, that recognizes each student (and family) as unique, and that promotes authentic and professional connections/relationships
Embrace high standards of professional conduct and professional excellence; pursue best and innovative practice; embrace lifelong learning and personal/ professional growth
Communicate and respond appropriately and genuinely with students, parents, and other community members, respecting diverse needs and perspectives (including one’s own)
Actively, and with a positive mindset, support and work alongside colleagues in one’s individual and collective work; acknowledge that we are on a shared journey and that we are better together; trust and be trustworthy
Approach problem-solving with flexibility and positivity
Have fun
**Posting Date**: October 11, 2024