Teacher Aide (Special Education)

Position Type:
Support Staff/Teacher Aide

Date Posted:
11/14/2025

Location:
Dobbs Ferry High School

Date Available:
12/03/2025

Closing Date:
11/17/2025

OLAS Job Number: DOBN0361386-0000
Salary/Pay Scale: $25,704.00 - $36,072.00 (Annual wage per contract CSEA Clerical, Teacher Aide/Teaching Assistant)
Application Deadline: 11/16/2025
Start Date: 11/19/2025
Job Description:
The Dobbs Ferry School District has an anticipated vacancy for a Special Education Teacher Aide. The successful candidate has proven experience working with students with special needs. Effective November 19, 2025, 2025, this is a full-time probationary/permanent civil service position. Salary commensurate with experience and on par with the CSEA Clerical, Teacher Aide/Teaching Assistant contract. Additional compensation in the amount of $4.00 per hour for toileting duties. For more information, visit our website at www.dfsd.org.

Description:

Under general supervision of a certified teacher or school administrator, responsible for performing non-instructional duties to assist certified teachers in a classroom setting. Duties may vary depending upon student-specific needs.

Physical Demands:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit; is regularly required to climb, squat, stop, kneel, crouch or crawl; to reach above the head and reach forward; is regularly required to use hands and fingers to feel or handle objects, tools, or controls, and to talk and hear; is occasionally required to lift and/or push up to 50 pounds.

About our Special Education Program

We are focused on building an increasingly inclusive environment through an expansion of our continuum of services in general education and specialized program settings, through the ongoing development of exciting student opportunities including unified sports; and by offering expansive professional development including Therapeutic Crisis Intervention training for our instructional and support staff. We are seeking exceptional candidates to join our team in this work.

Application:

Apply via OLAS by 5:00 p.m. Sunday, November 16, 2025. Candidates selected for an interview will be asked to make an application via the school district website.

The Dobbs Ferry School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against race, religion, ethnicity, age, gender and disability in the educational programs and activities it operates.

The selected applicants will be subject to a fingerprint supported criminal history background check in accordance with SAVE legislation effective July 1, 2001.